§ Mr. Ralph Ethertonasked the Prime Minister whether, in order to clarify the position. he will consider the introduction of a Bill to amend the Emergency Powers Acts to provide that the annulment of a Defence Regulation or Order on a Prayer by the House shall not have the effect of reviving an earlier Regulation or Order repealed by the annulled Regulation or Order?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI have been asked to reply. No Bill is necessary for the purpose indicated by my hon. Friend. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to Defence Regulations as if they were an Act of Parliament, and the effect of Section 38 of that Act, as so applied, is that if a Regulation is amended and subsequently the Amendment is revoked by Order in Council, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the original provision is not thereby revived.