Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 533
European Union
The European Communities (Designation) Order 2020
Made
20th May 2020
Laid before Parliament
27th May 2020
Coming into force
17th June 2020
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 20th day of May 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation, commencement and expiry
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) Order 2020 and comes into force on 17th June 2020.
(2) This Order ceases to have effect on IP completion day( 2 ).
Interpretation
2. In this Order, “designated” means designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and similar expressions are to be construed accordingly.
Designation in relation to measures relating to the access to, or the pursuit of a regulated profession
3. The Secretary of State is designated in relation to measures relating to the access to, or the pursuit of a regulated profession.
Relationship with other designations
4. This Order does not restrict the scope of any designation made by any other Order.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
1972 c.68 . The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1) . Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) .
IP Completion day is defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) by reference to section 39 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1) , as 11.00 p.m. on 31 December 2020.