
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 30th June 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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For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the government department specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated in relation to the matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule and in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to the matters so specified.
N. E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE


Column 1 Column 2
Department Matters in relation to which the department is designated
Commissioners of Customs and Excise Customs matters of the European Communities.