Statutory Instruments

1982 No. 529

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) Order 1982

Made

7th April 1982

Laid before Parliament

20th April 1982

Coming into Operation

12th May 1982

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 7th day of April 1982

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, 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) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 12th May 1982.

Designation

2. For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the government department specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated in relation to the matter specified in column 2 of that Schedule and in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to the matter so specified.

N.E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2
Department	Matter in relation to which the department is designated
Commissioners of Customs and Excise	Payment of excise duty.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to exercise powers to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, in relation to the payment of excise duty.