1 Citation, interpretation and commencement
1 This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 30th June 1977.
2 The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

2 Designation
For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the government department specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated in relation to the matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule and in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to the matters so specified.
N. E. Leigh Clerk of the Privy Council