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Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Made
19th December 1996
Laid before Parliament
7th January 1997
Coming into force
28th January 1997
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1996
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28 January 1997.
2.-(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers or government departments specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated in relation to any item in column (2) of the said Schedule, then, for the purposes of the said section 2(2), that Minister or government department is also hereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to the matters specified in that item.
(3) Where both a Minister and one or more government departments are designated by this Order in relation to any matter, the designation has effect as respects the making of regulations by any of them or by more than one of them acting jointly.
(4) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland Department in pursuance of this Order shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Ministers or departments | Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to energy efficiency and performance requirements for household products. |
| Any Northern Ireland Department | The preceding item in this column. |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the prevention of unauthorised extraction of the contents of a database, and of unauthorised reutilisation of those contents. |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to extraterritorial legislation of third countries. |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This is a further Order in the series designating Ministers who, and departments which, may exercise powers to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and specifying the matters in relation to which those powers may be exercised.
