{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essential-commodities-reserves-act-1938/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essential-commodities-reserves-act-1938/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/1-2/51",
  "legislation_title": "Essential Commodities Reserves Act 1938",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essential-commodities-reserves-act-1938",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to enable the Board of Trade to obtain information as to commodities which in the opinion of the Board would be essential for the vital needs of the community in the event of war and to make provision for the maintenance of reserves of such commodities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[29th July 1938]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Board of Trade under this Act relating to petroleum and petroleum products now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.R. & O. 1939/877 (Rev. XV, p. 192: 1939 II, p. 3103), art. 1(ii), 1946/377 (Rev. XV, p. 100: 1946 I, p. 1010), art. 2(1), S.I. 1957/48 (1957 I, p. 1439), 1969/1498, art. 2(1) and 1970/1537, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Other functions of Board of Trade under this Act now exercisable concurrently by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/1-2/51/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:22.629038+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}