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Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Made
10th March 1999
Laid before Parliament
22nd March 1999
Coming into force
12th April 1999
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of March 1999
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) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
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.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Ministers or Departments | Matters in relation to which Ministers or Departments are designated |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the acquisition by companies of their own shares, and to distributions to their shareholders |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the direct or indirect promotion of tobacco products |
| Any Northern Ireland Department | The preceding items in this column |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the treatment of grants to local authorities |
| The Secretary of State and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise | Measures relating to goods infringing a patent and goods infringing a supplementary protection certificate |
(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.
