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(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 24th November 1977.
(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 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 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 or regulations by any of them or by more than one of them acting jointly.
(4) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department or the Head of such a department in pursuance of this Order shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland, and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE


Column 1 Column 2
Ministers or departments Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated
The Secretary of State Safety measures in regard to radioactive substances and the emission of ionising radiation.
The Secretary of State Testing of the roadworthiness of motor vehicles and their trailers.
The Secretary of State Regulation of design, construction, verification and inspection of pressure vessels.
The Secretary of State Rights and obligations relating to employers on the transfer or merger of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses.
The Secretary of State Method of determining or expressing alcoholic strength.
Any Northern Ireland department or the Head of such department All the preceding items in this column.
The Secretary of State Measures relating to anti-dumping and countervailing duties.