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(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 11th December 1973.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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(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 respectively specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
(2) Where the 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 incidental to the matters specified in that item.
(3) Where more than one Minister or government department is designated by this Order 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 Minister or department of the Government of Northern Ireland in pursuance of this Order shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland, and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
W. G. Agnew

SCHEDULE


Column 1Ministers or departments Column 2Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State The exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters.
The Secretary of State The authorisation of unit trust schemes where persons who are managers or trustees under the scheme are or include corporations incorporated under the law of a Member State.
The Secretary of State Measures to give effect to the Economic Community's rules on competition applying to undertakings.
The Secretary of State The regulation of weights for marketing cocoa and chocolate products.
The Secretary of State Measures for the maintenance of stocks of crude oil and petroleum products and the collection of information concerning such stocks.
Any Minister or department of the Government of Northern Ireland All the preceding items in this column.