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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,