# Civil Defence Act 1948 (repealed), Section 6: Saving for, and power to revive and amend, existing Acts relating to civil defence.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , the preceding provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939.
(2) The designated Minister may by regulations—
(a) bring again into force any provision of the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939, the operation of which is suspended under the Civil Defence (Suspension of Powers) Act 1945, and, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words, any provision of those Acts relating to factories, mines, commercial buildings or public utility undertakings, the operation of which was suspended as aforesaid;
(b) direct that any provision of those Acts which was spent before the passing of the Civil Defence (Suspension of Powers) Act 1945, and, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words, any provision of those Acts relating to notices to be given and grants to be made in the case of factories, mines, commercial buildings or public utility undertakings which was spent as aforesaid, shall again come into force;
(c) make, in any of the provisions of the said Acts, whether in force by virtue of regulations made under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subsection or in force otherwise, any such amendments as appear to him to be required owing to the passage of time or to be necessary or expedient to adapt them to any changes which have occurred since the passing of the said Acts either in the law or in the relevant circumstances, including, in particular, any actual or apprehended developments in the forms of warfare;
(d) repeal any of the provisions of the said Acts and, if it appears to him necessary or expedient so to do having regard to any such changes as aforesaid, substitute any comparable provision for any provision so repealed; and
(e) amend or extend any of the provisions of the Rating and Valuation (Air Raid Works) Act 1938, or the Rating and Valuation (Air Raid Works) (Scotland) Act 1938,
and nothing in the preceding provisions of this Act shall be construed as limiting the generality of the powers conferred by this subsection:
Provided that regulations under this subsection relating to grants out of moneys provided by Parliament shall not be made except with the consent of the Treasury.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/5/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-act-1948-repealed/section-6
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