Series: Committee on Emergency Legislation. Meetings 1(45) - 5(45) Papers 1(45) - 24(45)

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26 August 2022
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A file of meeting minutes, memoranda, and legal documentation concerning the activities of the Committee on Emergency Legislation. The documents cover discussions on the legal implications of the termination of certain wartime contracts; and moves to revoke wartime defence legislation. The legislation covered all aspects of society including finance, banking, price controls, and insurance; the control of industry; and agriculture, including supplies of livestock and agricultural labour. Further legislation covers business; local government; merchant shipping; the emergency services, including the fire services and the police; and the health services, including the medical registration of certain professionals, and the employment of nurses and midwives. The file also covers legislation on transportation, employment controls, housing, evacuation, requisitioning, border controls, and entertainment.


The National Archives · 31 December 1945 English

In addition the Home Secretary was pressed to omit altogether Regulation 87 of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, on the ground that it was quite unnecessary to make it a …


The National Archives · 17 July 1945 English

SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS FOR REVOCATION OR RETENTION OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS MADE OR AMENDED BETWEEN 1st SEPTEMBER, 1944, AND 1st JUNE, 1945. I.—Regulation to be revoked at cessation of hostilities in …


The National Archives · 5 May 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 1945 No. EMERGENCY POWERS (DEFENCE) ORDER IN COUNCIL REVOKING AND AMENDING CERTAIN DEFENCE REGULATIONS. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the day of , 1945. …


The National Archives · 6 March 1945 English

2 held that a man who had received a commission as surgeon before that date could practice without a certificate after that date notwithstanding the expiry of the Act. The …


The National Archives · 1 May 1945 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) CONFIDENTIAL E.L.(45) 4 COPY NO. 1ST MAY, 1945 WAR CABINET EMERGENCY LEGISLATION COMMITTEE REVOCATION OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS AT THE END …


The National Archives · 10 August 1945 English

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) BILL. The Committee had before then a note by the Joint Secretaries (E.L.(45) 12) covering a revised draft of the Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) …


The National Archives · 17 July 1945 English

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Regulations which can be revoked forthwith 6A (Returns and notices containing information useful to the enemy) - paragraph (3). 9 (Pigeons) - paragraph (1). 24 (Control of …


The National Archives · 24 August 1945 English

3. The Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts are due to expire in February, 1946, and it may not be practical to secure their further renewal. Under the scheme outlined in the …


The National Archives · 3 August 1945 English

LORD PRESIDENT SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) BILL 1. The Emergency Legislation Committee have examined the question whether the scope of the Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Bill should be …


The National Archives · 13 September 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 1945 NO. EMERGENCY POWERS (DEFENCE) ORDER IN COUNCIL REVOKING AND AMENDING CERTAIN DEFENCE REGULATIONS. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the day of , 1945. …


The National Archives · 28 March 1945 English

of the harbour authority. For example the ships of a particular shipping company may be still using a port, but if those ships are in the Government's service the Government …


The National Archives · 26 October 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Bill. ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. PART I. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY LAWS. Clause. 13. 14. 15. 16. Continuation for a limited period of certain Defence Regula- …


The National Archives · 27 September 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL 9 GEO. 6. Emergency Laws 1 (Transitional Provisions). DRAFT OF A BILL TO A.D. 1945. Provide for the continuation of certain Defence Regula- tions during a limited period notwithstanding …


The National Archives · 1 June 1945 English

REVOCATION OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS I. Regulations to be revoked at Stage A which have not been revoked. Defence (General) Regulations 24 (Control of lights and sounds) 44A (Power to exclude …


The National Archives · 24 November 1945 English

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 1945 Nos. SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) ORDERS IN COUNCIL DIRECTING THAT DEFENCE REGULATIONS SHALL HAVE EFFECT BY VIRTUE OF THE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) …


The National Archives · 4 June 1945 English

Regulation 47AAD 47BAA 58AAA 60CAA 68D 68E DEFENCE REGULATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS, MADE SINCE THE 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1944 1. Defence (General) Regulations, 1939 Subject Department Other Suggested matter …


The National Archives · 1 November 1945 English

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 1945 Nos. SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) ORDERS IN COUNCIL DIRECTING THAT DEFENCE REGULATIONS SHALL HAVE EFFECT BY VIRTUE OF THE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) …


The National Archives · 11 August 1945 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) CONFIDENTIAL E.L.(45) 13 COPY NO. 11TH AUGUST, 1945 CABINET EMERGENCY LEGISLATION COMMITTEE REVOCATION OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS AT THE END OF …


The National Archives · 28 November 1945 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET E.L. (45) 23 COPY NO. 28TH NOVEMBER, 1945. CABINET EMERGENCY LEGISLATION COMMITTEE Note by the Joint Secretaries 1. Two …


The National Archives · 8 August 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL 9 GEO. 6. Supplies and Services 1 (Transitional Powers). DRAFT OF A BILL TO Provide for the application of certain Defence Regulations A.D 1945. for purposes connected with the …


The National Archives · 17 April 1945 English

A point arises on this provision, namely, whether it gives sufficient discretion to enable a date to be fixed for the end of the war in Europe substantially later than …


The National Archives · 19 April 1945 English

TERMINATION OF WAR CONTRACTS THE COMMITTEE had before them a memorandum by the Joint Secretaries (E.L.(45)3) on the question whether legislation would be required in regard to contracts, other than …


The National Archives · 7 September 1945 English

LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY FOR CONTINUANCE OF EMERGENCY POWERS. 1. The Committee had before them a Memorandum by the Joint Secretaries (E.L.(45)16) on the steps which would be required to continue emergency …


The National Archives · 5 September 1945 English

seem on a broad view to be within the purposes of the Supplies and Services Bill. Similarly Regulation 47B, which relaxes certain requirements as to certificated engineers and so enables …


The National Archives · 1 August 1945 English

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS BILL THE COMMITTEE had before them a memorandum by the Joint Secretaries (E.L. (45) 10), explaining that the Lord President of the Council had asked …


The National Archives · 14 September 1945 English

The Bill has been drafted on the assumption that the Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Bill will be amended so that clause 1(1)(a) will read "to secure a sufficiency of …


The National Archives · 21 September 1945 English

EMERGENCY LAWS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL. 1. THE COMMITTEE had before them a memorandum (E.L.(45)18) by the Joint Secretaries, covering a draft of the Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Bill. 2. THE …


The National Archives · 14 August 1945 English

CONFIDENTIAL 9 GEO. 6. Supplies and Services 1 (Transitional Powers). DRAFT OF A BILL TO Provide for the application of certain Defence Regulations A.D. 1945. for purposes connected with the …


The National Archives · 31 July 1945 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET E.L.(45) 10 COPY NO. 31ST JULY, 1945 CABINET EMERGENCY LEGISLATION COMMITTEE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) BILL Memorandum by …


The National Archives · 6 March 1945 English

A file of meeting minutes, memoranda, and legal documentation concerning the activities of the Committee on Emergency Legislation. The documents cover discussions on the legal implications of the termination of …