
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation)
Order 1984 and shall come into operation on 15th April 1984.
2 

(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 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 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
Ministers or departments are
designated
The Secretary of State  The regulation and control of trade in
species (including parts and derivatives) of
wild fauna and flora in the interests of
conservation.
The Registry of Friendly Societies  Authorisation of the carrying on by
Friendly Societies of insurance business
and the regulation of such business and its
conduct.
Any Northern Ireland department  The preceding items in this column.