Compensation (Defence) Act 1939 (c. 75)
10Section 14 of the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939 shall be renumbered as subsection (1) of that section and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection (which preserves the effect of section 16 of the [1946 c. 26.] Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946)—
“(2) Where any goods have been requisitioned in such circumstances as to give a right to compensation assessed under section 6 of this Act, the ownership of the goods shall be deemed to have vested in the Crown as from the time of requisition free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or similar obligation.”