TNAG-0181-FCO40-217-Order-in-Council-for-evacuation-of-Hong-Kong-in-an-emergency-1968 — Page 87

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.