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Made
15th October 2009
Laid before Parliament
22nd October 2009
Coming into force
12th November 2009
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of October 2009
Present,
The Queen´s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
1.–(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2009 and comes into force on 12th November 2009.
(2) In this Order–
"designate" means designate for the purposes of section 2(2), and similar expressions are to be construed accordingly;
"section 2(2)" means section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972;
"subordinate legislation" means orders, rules, regulations or schemes made under section 2(2).
2. The Secretary of State is designated in relation to accreditation of conformity assessment bodies.
3. Each Northern Ireland department is designated in relation to cross-border healthcare.
4. Each of the following is designated in relation to public procurement–
(a) the Secretary of State; and
(b) any Northern Ireland department.
5. The Secretary of State is designated in relation to pyrotechnic articles.
6.–(1) This Order does not restrict the scope of any designation made by any other Order.
(2) Where–
(a) a Minister of the Crown or government department is designated by this Order, and
(b) any other Minister of the Crown or government department is designated in relation to the same matter by this or any other Order,
any of them may make subordinate legislation in relation to that matter jointly.
7.–(1) Articles 3 and 4(b) only designate a Northern Ireland department to make subordinate legislation that forms part of the law of Northern Ireland, subject to paragraph (2).
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the subordinate legislation is made jointly with a Minister of the Crown or government department other than a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the Secretary of State so that the Secretary of State may exercise the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68) in relation to accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, public procurement and pyrotechnic articles. It also designates Northern Ireland departments so that they may exercise the powers conferred by section 2(2) in relation to cross-border healthcare and public procurement.
1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51). Back [1]
