Regulation 51

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Regulation 51 was a key provision of the United Kingdom’s wartime Defence Regulations that granted broad powers to the government to control or requisition property and resources for national security purposes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom Defence Regulation
wartime emergency regulation
aimsTo prevent misuse of resources vital to defence
secure efficient prosecution of the war
appliesTo United Kingdom NERFINISHED
concerns buildings
industrial facilities
land
movable goods
private property
country United Kingdom
enablesAction control of access to strategic assets
direction of production and supply
requisition without ordinary peacetime procedures
grantsPowerTo UK government NERFINISHED
executive authorities
wartime ministers
hasCharacteristic broad discretionary powers
emergency powers
extraordinary wartime measure
hasContext total war mobilisation in the UK
wartime Defence Regulations NERFINISHED
hasEffect centralised control of resources
expansion of executive power
limitation of private property rights
hasPurpose defence of the realm
national security
wartime resource control
justifiedBy exigencies of war
national defence needs
legalArea administrative law
emergency powers law
public law
legalBasisFor control of property
control of resources
requisition of property
requisition of resources
legalSystem United Kingdom law
partOf United Kingdom Defence Regulations NERFINISHED
regulates taking possession of property for public purposes
use of property for defence purposes
relatedTo Defence of the Realm legislation tradition
timePeriod Second World War NERFINISHED
usedFor allocation of scarce resources
mobilisation of the economy
support of the war effort

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