Civil Defence Act 1948

6 Saving for, and power to revive and amend, existing Acts relating to civil defence

(1) Subject to the provisions of section three of this Act relating to grants under section eight of the Air Raid Precautions Act, 1937, the preceding provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the Civil Defence Acts, 1937 and 1939.

(2) The designated Minister may by regulations—

(a) bring again into force any provision of the Civil Defence Acts, 1937 and 1939, the operation of which is suspended under the Civil Defence (Suspension of Powers) Act, 1945, and, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words, any provision of those Acts relating to factories, mines, commercial buildings or public utility undertakings, the operation of which was suspended as aforesaid;

(b) direct that any provision of those Acts which was spent before the passing of the Civil Defence (Suspension of Powers) Act, 1945, and, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words, any provision of those Acts relating to notices to be given and grants to be made in the case of factories, mines, commercial buildings or public utility undertakings which was spent as aforesaid, shall again come into force;

(c) make, in any of the provisions of the said Acts, whether in force by virtue of regulations made under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subsection or in force otherwise, any such amendments as appear to him to be required owing to the passage of time or to be necessary or expedient to adapt them to any changes which have occurred since the passing of the said Acts either in the law or in the relevant circumstances, including, in particular, any actual or apprehended developments in the forms of warfare;

(d) repeal any of the provisions of the said Acts and, if it appears to him necessary or expedient so to do having regard to any such changes as aforesaid, substitute any comparable provision for any provision so repealed; and

(e) amend or extend any of the provisions of the Rating and Valuation (Air Raid Works) Act, 1938, or the Rating and Valuation (Air Raid Works) (Scotland) Act, 1938,

and nothing in the preceding provisions of this Act shall be construed as limiting the generality of the powers conferred by this subsection:

Provided that regulations under this subsection relating to grants out of moneys provided by Parliament shall not be made except with the consent of the Treasury.

(3) The power to make regulations under this section shall be in substitution for the power of His Majesty to make Orders in Council under the Civil Defence (Suspension of Powers) Act, 1945, terminating the suspension of any of the provisions of the Civil Defence Acts, 1937 and 1939.