Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1997.

Designation of Ministers or departments

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers and 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) Where both a Minister and one or more government departments are 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.

Revocation of earlier designation

3.  The designation which provides that the Secretary of State and any Northern Ireland Department shall be designated in relation to equal pay for men and women and equal treatment for men and women in matters of employment, self-employment and vocational training in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1993(2), shall be revoked.

N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULEDESIGNATION

(1)
(2)

Ministers or departments
Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated

The Secretary of State
Measures relating to the transport of dangerous or environmentally hazardous goods by water.

The Secretary of State
Measures relating to the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of sex in the fields of pay and treatment in matters of employment, self-employment and vocational training.

Any Northern Ireland Department
The preceding items in this column.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This is a further Order in the series designating Ministers who, and departments which, may exercise powers to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and specifying the matters in relation to which those powers may be exercised. It partly revokes an earlier Order in the series (S.I. 1993/2661).


(1)
1972 c. 68.

(2)
S.I. 1993/2661.