The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1819

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002

Made

16th July 2002

Laid before Parliament

26th July 2002

Coming into force

16th August 2002

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of July 2002

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:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 16th August 2002.

(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,

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

Designation of Ministers

2.—(1) 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.

(2) Where a Minister is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any other Minister or government department is designated by 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.

Designation of Northern Ireland departments

3.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any Northern Ireland department is designated in relation to the matter 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.

Revocation of designations

4.  The Orders specified in column (1) of Schedule 3 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

SCHEDULE 1 DESIGNATION OF MINISTERS

(1)	(2)
Minister designated	Matter in relation to which Minister is designated
The Lord Chancellor	A direct right of action against the insurer of the person responsible by any person claiming compensation in respect of loss or injury caused by a motor vehicle or trailer.
The Secretary of State	Discrimination.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2 DESIGNATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENTS

Discrimination.

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3 REVOCATION OF DESIGNATIONS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Order	Ministers or departments designated	Designation
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1993(2)	The Secretary of State and any Northern Ireland department	Matters relating to the equal treatment of men and women in relation to severe disablement allowance and invalid care allowance.
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1999(3)	The Secretary of State	Measures relating to sex discrimination, race discrimination and disability discrimination in matters of employment, self-employment and vocational training.
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1999	Any Northern Ireland department	Measures relating to discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, religious belief or political opinion, in matters of employment, self-employment and vocational training.

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. The Order also revokes a number of designations which are superseded.

(1)

1972 c. 68.

(2)

S.I. 1993/1571.

(3)

S.I. 1999/2788.