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This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 15th November 1991.
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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 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, 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.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
Article 2 (1) (2)


(1) Ministers or departments (2) Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated
The Secretary of State Measures relating to active implantable medical devices.
The Secretary of State Measures relating to basic safety standards for health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers of ionising radiation.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Measures relating to confidentiality of statistical information transmitted to the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
The Secretary of State Measures relating to informing the public about health protection measures to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency.
The Secretary of State Measures relating to single member private companies limited by shares or by guarantee.
The Secretary of State Measures relating to the transit of natural gas between highpressure transmission grids.
The Secretary of State The regulation and control of trade in, and production of, chlorofluorocarbons, fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane, whether existing alone or in a mixture.
Any Northern Ireland Department The preceding items in this column.