Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Laid before Parliament in draft
Made
21st December 1977
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1977
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1 of the European Communities Act 1972 and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, 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 (Definition of Treaties) (No. 3) Order 1977. It shall come into operation in respect of each treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. These dates will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2. The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The treaties specified in the Schedule to this Order are to be regarded as Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council
1. Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic of 22 July 1972, signed at Brussels, 20 September 1976 (Cmnd. 6781).
2. Financial Protocol between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic, signed at Brussels, 20 September 1976 (Cmnd. 6781).
This Order declares the treaties mentioned in the Schedule to be Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.