Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Made
31st October 2001
Laid before Parliament
12th November 2001
Coming into force
3rd December 2001
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 2001
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 3rd December 2001.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the European Communities Act 1972,
“Minister or government department” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, but does not include a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department, and
“regulations” means regulations made pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act.
2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the Ministers or government departments specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order are designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any other Minister or government department is 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.
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any Northern Ireland department is designated in relation to the matters specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
(2) Regulations made by any Northern Ireland department pursuant to this Order shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
(3) Where any Northern Ireland department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any Minister or government department is 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.
4.—(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 3 to this Order.
(2) Regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales pursuant to this Order 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 is 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.
5. The Orders specified in column (1) of Schedule 4 to this Order are revoked in so far as they relate to the Ministers or departments specified in column (2) and the designations specified in respect of them in column (3).
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Minister or Department designated | Matter in relation to which Minister or Department is designated |
| The Secretary of State | The National Health Service. |
| The Secretary of State | The keeping of wild animals in zoos. |
| The Secretary of State | The prevention of waste from vehicles and forms of recovery of end of life vehicles and their components. |
| The Secretary of State | Insolvency. |
| The Secretary of State | Electronic communications. |
| The Secretary of State | Credit and financial institutions and the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public. |
| The Treasury | The preceding item in this column. |
| The Treasury | The conduct of insurance business carried on by friendly societies, and the authorisation and regulation of the carrying on of such business by friendly societies. |
| The Treasury | The conduct of the business of a building society, and the authorisation and regulation of the carrying on of business by building societies. |
| The Treasury | Information society services. |
Article 3
The keeping of wild animals in zoos.
The prevention of waste from vehicles and forms of recovery of end of life vehicles and their components.
Insolvency.
Credit and financial institutions and the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public.
The conduct of insurance business carried on by friendly societies, and the authorisation and regulation of the carrying on of such business by friendly societies.
The conduct of the business of a building society, and the authorisation and regulation of the carrying on of business by building societies.
Information society services.
Article 4
The keeping of wild animals in zoos.
The controlled management of hazardous waste.
the control and regulation of the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms, in so far as concerns human health or environmental protection.
Article 5
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Order | Ministers or departments designated | Designation |
| The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1981(3) | The Registry of Friendly Societies and any Northern Ireland department | Authorisation of the carrying on of the business of a building society and the regulation of such business and its conduct. |
| The European Communities (Designation) Order 1984(4) | The Registry of Friendly Societies and any Northern Ireland department | Authorisation of the carrying on by Friendly Societies of insurance business and the regulation of such business and its conduct. |
| The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1990(5) | The Building Societies Commission, the Secretary of State, the Treasury, and any Northern Ireland department | Measures relating to credit and financial institutions and to the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public. |
| The European Communities (Designation) (No. 5) Order 1992(6) | The Friendly Societies Commission | Authorisation of the carrying on by friendly societies of insurance business and the regulation of such business and its conduct and in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to such matters. |
| The European Communities (Designation) Order 1996(7) | The Secretary of State | Measures relating to telecommunications. |
(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. The Order also revokes a number of designations which are superseded.