
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 23rd August 1996.
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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 related to the matters specified in that item.
(3) 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.
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The European Communities (Designation) Order 1991 is hereby revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Ministers or departments Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated
The Secretary of State Measures relating to lifts and the safety components for use in lifts.
The Secretary of State Measures relating to the procedure for, nature of and enforcement of decisions concerning competition between undertakings.
Any Northern Ireland Department Measures in respect of the conditions of, and the recognition of qualifications for, access to and pursuit of activities in the field of pharmacy.