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4(1)During any period of emergency within the meaning of this paragraph, the powers exercisable in relation to a design by a Government department, or a person authorised by a Government department under paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall include power to use the design for any purpose which appears to the department necessary or expedient—
(a)for the efficient prosecution of any war in which His Majesty may be engaged;
(b)for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community;
(c)for securing a sufficiency of supplies and services essential to the well-being of the community;
(d)for promoting the productivity of industry, commerce and agriculture;
(e)for fostering and directing exports and reducing imports, or imports of any classes, from all or any countries and for redressing the balance of trade;
(f)generally for ensuring that the whole resources of the community are available for use, and are used, in a manner best calculated to serve the interests of the community; or
(g)for assisting the relief of suffering and the restoration and distribution of essential supplies and services in any part of His Majesty’s dominions or any foreign countries that are in grave distress as the result of war;
and any reference in this Schedule to the services of the Crown shall be construed as including a reference to the purposes aforesaid.
(2)In this paragraph the expression “period of emergency” means [F1a period] beginning on such date as may be declared by Order in Council to be the commencement, and ending on such date as may be so declared to be the termination, of a period of emergency for the purposes of this paragraph.
[F2(3)No Order in Council under this paragraph shall be submitted to Her Majesty unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.]
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F1Words substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 272, Sch. 3 para. 37(4)
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