AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
The 28th day of November 1969.
Present,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powere
including
by law vested in Her for the defence of the realm,
Her Majesty's colonial territories, is pleased, by and with
the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby
ordered, as follows:-
1..
This Order may be cited as the Requisitioning of Ships
Order 1969.
2. The Board of Trade or a Secretary of State may in the
event of the invasion of Hong Kong becoming imminent
requisition for Her Majesty's service any British ship and
anything on board such ship wherever the ship may be.
3. The Board of Trade or a Secretary of State may, to such
extent and subject to such conditions and restrictions as
they or he may think proper, delegate all or any of their
or his functions under article 2 of this Order to any
specified persons or to persons of any specified class,
The owner of any ship or thing requisitioned under this
Order shell receive such payment for the use thereof during
its employment in Her Majesty's service and such compensation
for loss or damage to the ship or thing occasioned by such
employment as may be provided by any enactment relating to
payment or compensation in respect of the exercise of powers
conferred by this Order and, in the absence of such an
enactment,