At the Court at
the
day of
1969.
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by
law vested in Her for the defence of the realm including
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.
President of the Board of Tracke
2. The/liinister of Transport and Civil Aviation (hereinafter referred to as "the Minister") or a
Secretary of State-or the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty 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.
President of the Board of Trade
3. The Minister for a Secretary of State on the—
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may, to such extent
and subject to such conditions and restrictions as he
or they think proper, delegate all or any of his or
their functions under section 2 of this Order to any
specified persons or class of persons.
4. The owner of any ship or thing requisitioned under this Order shall 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, such
payment or compensation as may be agreed between the
President of the Board of Trade
Minister or a Secretary of State or the Lords -
Commissioners of the Admiralty (as the case may be) and
the owner or, failing such agreement, as may be
determined by arbitration.