§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will identify all the statutory provisions relied upon for the validity of S.I., 1949, No. 1357, as the instrument and explanatory note fail to disclose authority for these regulations.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe only specific statutory powers under which this Order is made are those conferred by Section 5 of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1947, and referred to in the opening words of the regulations. The reference to other powers is a formula which is usually and properly employed in statutory instruments to comprehend such ancillary powers as are or might be brought into play when a specific power is exercised. These ancillary powers are provisions of the general statute law (for instance, in the Interpretation Act and the Statutory Instruments Act), or overriding provisions such as those embodied in the Statute 12 and 13 Vict. Cap. 89, governing the signature of Treasury Instruments by two of the Lords Commissioners.