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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No.3) Order 2007 and comes into force on 11th July 2007.
(2) In this Order—
“designate” means designate for the purposes of section 2(2), and similar expressions are to be construed accordingly;
“Minister or department” means—
a Minister of the Crown or government department, including a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department, or
the Welsh Ministers(1);
“section 2(2)” means section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972;
“subordinate legislation” means orders, rules, regulations or schemes made under section 2(2).
The Welsh Ministers may be designated for the purposes of section 2(2) by virtue of section 59(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). Any functions exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales by reason of previous designations were transferred to the Welsh Ministers on the appointment of the First Minister, by virtue of sections 161(5) and 162 of, and paragraph 30(1) and 30(2)(b) of Schedule 11 to, that Act.
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