TNAG-0181-FCO40-217-Order-in-Council-for-evacuation-of-Hong-Kong-in-an-emergency-1968 — Page 50

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The 7th day of April, 1955.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient in view of the situation

now existing in the Far East that Her Majesty should be

enabled to exercise in the most effectual manner the

powers by law vested in Her for the defence of the

realm including Her Majesty's colonial territories:

NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty 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, 1955.

2. The Minister 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.

3. The Minister or a Secretary of State or 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

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