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The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2001

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2001 No. 2555

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2001

Made

18th July 2001

Laid before Parliament

30th July 2001

Coming into force

20th August 2001

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, The 18th day of July 2001

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) and section 29(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 20th August 2001.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the European Communities Act 1972, and

“regulations” means regulations made pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act.

Designation of Ministers

2.  For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the Ministers specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order are designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.

Designation of the National Assembly for Wales

3.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the National Assembly for Wales is designated in relation to the matters specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2) Regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales shall apply in relation to Wales only.

(3) Where the National Assembly for Wales is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any Minister or government department has been designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.

Revocation of earlier designation

4.  The designation of the Secretary of State in relation to measures relating to energy efficiency and performance requirements for household products in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1996(3) is hereby revoked.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1DESIGNATION OF MINISTERS

(1)(2)
MinistersMatters in relation to which Ministers are designated
The Secretary of StateCableway installations designed to carry people and components of such installations
The Secretary of StateInformation society services
The Secretary of StateEnergy efficiency and performance requirements for products.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 2DESIGNATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES

1.  Measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment in so far as they concern the use of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas for intensive agricultural purposes.

2.  The protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is a further Order in the series designating authorities which may exercise the power to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and specifying the matters in relation to which that power may be exercised. This Order also revokes a designation in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) 1996 Order(4) relating to energy efficiency and performance requirements for household products.

(3)

S.I. 1996/3155.

(4)

S.I. 1996/3155.

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