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. 4) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 12th January 1996.

Designation of Minister

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Minister specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.

(2) The Minister designated in relation to the item in column (2) of the said Schedule is, for the purposes of the said section 2(2), also hereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to the matters specified in that item.

Revocation of earlier designations

3.  The designation of the Secretary of State in respect of measures relating to training in medical practice, the issue and/or recognition of diplomas or certificates or other evidence of qualifications in relation to medical practice, the titles used by those in medical practice, and the exercise of medical practice, in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 1994(2), and the designation of any Northern Ireland department in respect of the conditions of, and the recognition of qualifications for, access to and pursuit of activities in the field of pharmacy, in the European Communities (Designation) Order 1987(3), are hereby revoked.

N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULEDESIGNATION

(1)
(2)

Minister
Matters in relation to which the Minister is designated

The Secretary of State
Measures relating to the access to, the training for, the pursuit of, and the award of qualifications in the professions of dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy and their specialties.

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 two earlier Orders in the series (S.I. 1994/2791 and S.I. 1987/448).


(1)
1972 c. 68.

(2)
S.I. 1994/2791.

(3)
S.I. 1987/448.