1992 No. 2870
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 1992
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of November 1992
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 19721, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 9th December 1992.
Designation of Ministers or departments2
1
For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers or government departments specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
2
Where a Minister or government department is designated in relation to any item in column (2) of the said Schedule, then, for the purposes of the said section 2(2), that Minister or government department is also hereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to the matters specified in that item.
3
Where both a Minister and one or more government departments are designated in relation to any matter, the designation has effect as respects the making of regulations by any of them or by more than one of them acting jointly.
4
Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with any Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
5
The designation which provides that the Secretary of State shall be designated in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste shall, to the extent that it relates to pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry, supersede the designation made in relation to those matters by the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 19902.
SCHEDULE
(1) | (2) |
|---|---|
Ministers or departments | Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the drawing-up, auditing and publication of accounts by insurance undertakings |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the prevention reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora |
Any Northern Ireland Department | The preceding items in this column |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to general product safety |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to access to public telecommunication systems |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to claims made under or in connection with contracts or transactions the performance of which has been affected by measures decided upon pursuant to Resolution 661 (1990) of the United Nations Security Council and related resolutions |
The Treasury | Measures relating to the publication of information about developments in the sphere of activity of a company or undertaking, whose securities are admitted to trading on a market, which may affect the price of that company’s or undertaking’s securities |
The Secretary of State | The grant of compulsory licences under a patent where demand for the patented product in the United Kingdom is met by imports from other Member States of the Communities |
(This note is not part of the Order)