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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 Requisitoning 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.
4. The owner of any ship or thing requisitioned under this Order
shall receive such payment for the use there of 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 Board of Trade or a Secretary of State (as the case may be)
and the owner or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by
arbitration.
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