No. 215/1940:

AIR-RAID SHELTERS (SALE) ORDER, 1940.

AIR-RAID SHELTERS (SALE) ORDER, 1940.

I, SEÁN MOYLAN, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Defence by section 63 of the Air-Raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939), and delegated to me under section 6 of the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby make the following order, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Air-Raid Shelters (Sale) Order, 1940.

2. In this Order—

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Defence ;

the expression " air-raid precautions equipment " means air-raid shelters or any parts of such shelters.

3.—(1) No person shall sell any article of air-raid precautions equipment unless he is the holder of a licence issued by the Minister under the next following paragraph authorising him to sell articles of air-raid precautions equipment.

(2) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, issue to any person a licence authorising such person to sell articles of air-raid precautions equipment, and may attach to any such licence such conditions as he thinks proper.

(3) The Minister may at any time revoke any licence issued under the next preceding paragraph.

Given under my hand this 23rd day of July, 1940.

SEÁN MOYLAN,

Parliamentary Secretary to

the Minister for Defence.