2018 No. 1062
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2018
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of October 2018
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2018 and comes into force on 1st November 2018.
2
In this Order—
“designated” means designated for the purposes of section 2(2), and similar expressions are to be construed accordingly;
“exit day” has the meaning given by section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20182;
“Minister or department” means a Minister of the Crown, government department (including a Northern Ireland department) or the Welsh Ministers;
“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).
Designation in relation to multilingual standard forms2
The Secretary of State is designated in relation to the issuance of multilingual standard forms by the Registrar General for England and Wales.
Designation in relation to geo-blocking3
The Secretary of State is designated in relation to geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination in the context of trade in goods and services, where such discrimination is based on customers’ nationality, place of residence, or place of establishment within the internal market.
Revocation of existing designations4
1
This Order does not restrict the scope of any designation made by any other Order.
2
Where—
a
a Minister or department is designated by this Order, and
b
any other Minister or department is designated in relation to the same matter by this or any other Order,
any of them may make subordinate legislation in relation to that matter jointly.
Expiry5
This Order ceases to have effect on exit day.
(This note is not part of the Order)