Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953
1953 c. 47
An Act to make permanent provision with respect to certain matters with respect to which temporary provision has hitherto been made by or under Defence Regulations; to suspend the operation of subsection (1) of section thirty-one of the Road Traffic Act 1934; to remove certain limitations on the exercise of the powers conferred on the court by virtue of the Settled Land and Trustee Acts (Court’s General Powers) Act 1943; to empower certain persons subject to the Naval Discipline Act to take affidavits and declarations outside the United Kingdom; to save the previous operation of Regulation fifty-five F of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939, after the revocation or expiry thereof; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
The text of ss. 1, 14(1), Sch. 1, para. 5 was taken from S.I.F. Group 40:3 (Customs and Excise: Import and Export Controls); ss. 1, 14(1), Sch. 1, para. 8 was taken from S.I.F Group 28:3 (Compulsory Acquisition: Defence Purposes); ss. 2, 14(1), Sch. 2 was taken from S.I.F. Group 129:3 (War and Emergency: Enemy Trading and Property); ss. 3, 12 to 14(1) was taken from from S.I.F. Group 51:2 (Firearms and Explosives: Explosives); ss. 5, 14(1) was taken from S.I.F Group 2:5 and 2:6 (Agriculture: Allotments, England and Wales and Allotments, Scotland); ss. 10, 14(1) was taken from S.I.F Group 7:1 (Armed Forces: Navy, Army and Air Force); provisions omitted from S.I.F have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary
Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
Act amended by S.I. 1988/1380, reg. 3
Act wholly in force at Royal Assent