§ Sir J. Mellorasked the President of the Board of Trade what persons are authorised by him to sign on behalf of the Board and for what purposes, respectively; and what Statutory Instruments require his personal signature.
§ Mr. H. WilsonThere are provisions in Acts of Parliament and Regulations made thereunder to the effect that anything required to be done by the Board of Trade may be done by any Secretary, Under-Secretary or Assistant Secretary or any person authorised in that behalf by the President. As a matter of administrative procedure, however, Statutory Instruments are signed by the President, a Parliamentary Secretary, the Permanent Secretary or a Second Secretary, with the exception of certain instruments relating to enemy property, companies, export licensing and import licensing, which are signed by the responsible Under-Secretary or by a Second Secretary or the Permanent Secretary. Directions, licences and other subordinate instruments which apply only to specified firms or persons are signed by such officers as are specifically authorised by the President from time to time to do so. Orders made under the Goods and Services (Price Control) Acts must, under the provisions of those Acts, be signed by the President or a Secretary of State.