"If at any time it appears to His Majesty that any action has been taken or is immediately threatened by any persons or body of persons of such a nature and on so extensive a scale as to be calculated, by interfering with the supply and distribution of food, water, fuel, or light, or with the means of locomotion, to deprive the community, or any substantial portion of the community, of the essentials of life, His Majesty may, by proclamation (hereinafter referred to as a proclamation of emergency), declare that a state of emergency exists."
was amended:
"...for the words from 'any action' to 'so extensive a scale' there shall be substituted the words 'there have occurred, or are about to occur, events of such a nature'."
Section 2 of this Act amended the Defence (Armed Forces) Regulations 1939 which allowed soldiers 'temporary employment in agricultural work or in other work, being urgent work of national importance' by making this permanent.
^First Report of the Joint Committee on Draft Civil Contingencies Bill 28 November 2003 HL 184 HC 1074 para 183
December 15, 2023
emergency, powers, 1964, parliament, united, kingdom, passed, amend, emergency, powers, 1920, make, permanent, defence, armed, forces, regulations, 1939, section, this, apply, northern, ireland, parliamentparliament, united, kingdomlong, titlean, amend, emerge. The Emergency Powers Act 1964 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and was passed to amend the Emergency Powers Act 1920 and make permanent the Defence Armed Forces Regulations 1939 Section 1 of this Act did not apply to Northern Ireland Emergency Powers Act 1964Act of ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act to amend the Emergency Powers Act 1920 and make permanent the Defence Armed Forces Regulations 1939 Citation1964 c 38Introduced byHenry BrookeTerritorial extent England amp Wales ScotlandDatesRoyal assent10 June 1964Commencement10 June 1964Other legislationAmended byCivil Contingencies Act 2004Relates toDefence of the Realm Act 1914Emergency Powers Act 1920Emergency Powers Act Northern Ireland 1926Emergency Powers Defence Act 1939Northern Ireland Emergency Provisions Act 1973Status AmendedText of statute as originally enactedRevised text of statute as amendedNot to be confused with Emergency Powers Amendment Act Northern Ireland 1964 Section 1 1 of the Emergency Powers Act 1920 which stated If at any time it appears to His Majesty that any action has been taken or is immediately threatened by any persons or body of persons of such a nature and on so extensive a scale as to be calculated by interfering with the supply and distribution of food water fuel or light or with the means of locomotion to deprive the community or any substantial portion of the community of the essentials of life His Majesty may by proclamation hereinafter referred to as a proclamation of emergency declare that a state of emergency exists was amended for the words from any action to so extensive a scale there shall be substituted the words there have occurred or are about to occur events of such a nature Section 1 was repealed by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Section 2 of this Act amended the Defence Armed Forces Regulations 1939 which allowed soldiers temporary employment in agricultural work or in other work being urgent work of national importance by making this permanent In 2004 the Joint Committee of the House of Commons and House of Lords named this Act a fundamental part of the constitutional law of the UK 1 References edit First Report of the Joint Committee on Draft Civil Contingencies Bill 28 November 2003 HL 184 HC 1074 para 183 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emergency Powers Act 1964 amp oldid 1189746342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
