The European Communities (Designation) (No.3) Order 2005

Made: 12th October 2005

Laid before Parliament: 24th October 2005

Coming into force: 14th November 2005

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of October 2005

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

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Citation, commencement, and interpretation

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Designation of Minister or departments

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Designation of Northern Ireland departments

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Designation of the National Assembly for Wales

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Revocation of earlier designations

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SCHEDULE 1 — DESIGNATION OF MINISTERS OR DEPARTMENTS

SCHEDULE 2 — MATTERS IN RELATION TO WHICH NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENTS ARE DESIGNATED

• The generation of combined heat and power.

• The regulation, labelling and control of packages and products made up to a pre-determined constant nominal quantity, whether that be weight, volume, number, area, length or any other measurement.

• Food and drink intended for sale for human consumption, including the presentation, packaging, labelling, marketing and advertising of such food and drink.

• The takeover of a company.

SCHEDULE 3 — MATTERS IN RELATION TO WHICH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES IS DESIGNATED

The common agricultural policy of the European Community, except measures concerning feed containing medicinal products (including growth regulators) or medicinal products when destined for use in feed, provided that such exception shall not extend to zootechnical additives within the following functional groups:

• (a) digestibility enhancers: substances which, when fed to animals, increase the digestibility of the diet, through action on target feed materials;

• (b) gut flora stabilisers: micro-organisms or other chemically defined substances, which, when fed to animals, have a positive effect on gut flora; or

• (c) substances which favourably affect the environment.

Regulations made in respect of this matter—

• (a) shall be made jointly with the Secretary of State where they contain measures relating to—

• (i) the placing on the market or use of plant protection products, or

• (ii) maximum levels for pesticide residues in or on cereals, food stuffs of animal origin or products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables, and

• (b) may, where they relate to—

• (i) payments or entitlement to payments in respect of an agricultural activity, or

• (ii) the entitlement to market the products of any such activity

apply in respect of such activity undertaken anywhere on a farm or group of farms which includes a parcel of land situated in Wales.

SCHEDULE 4 — REVOCATION OF DESIGNATIONS

Signed

A.K. Galloway — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00002]: 1998 c. 38.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/1971.

The generation of combined heat and power.

The regulation, labelling and control of packages and products made up to a pre-determined constant nominal quantity, whether that be weight, volume, number, area, length or any other measurement.

Food and drink intended for sale for human consumption, including the presentation, packaging, labelling, marketing and advertising of such food and drink.

The takeover of a company.

The common agricultural policy of the European Community, except measures concerning feed containing medicinal products (including growth regulators) or medicinal products when destined for use in feed, provided that such exception shall not extend to zootechnical additives within the following functional groups:

• (a) digestibility enhancers: substances which, when fed to animals, increase the digestibility of the diet, through action on target feed materials;

• (b) gut flora stabilisers: micro-organisms or other chemically defined substances, which, when fed to animals, have a positive effect on gut flora; or

• (c) substances which favourably affect the environment.

Regulations made in respect of this matter—

• (a) shall be made jointly with the Secretary of State where they contain measures relating to—

• (i) the placing on the market or use of plant protection products, or

• (ii) maximum levels for pesticide residues in or on cereals, food stuffs of animal origin or products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables, and

• (b) may, where they relate to—

• (i) payments or entitlement to payments in respect of an agricultural activity, or

• (ii) the entitlement to market the products of any such activity

apply in respect of such activity undertaken anywhere on a farm or group of farms which includes a parcel of land situated in Wales.

Editorial notes

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