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(1) This order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 19th August 2003.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the European Communities Act 1972,
 “regulations” means regulations made pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act.
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(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the Minister or government departments designated in relation to the matters specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order are designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any other Minister or government department has been designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.
(3) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with a Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Minister or Departments Matters in relation to which Minister or Departments are designated
The Secretary of State The governance of political parties at European level, including their funding
The Treasury The provision of cash, securities and interests in securities as collateral
Any Northern Ireland department Waste electrical and electronic equipment