SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) BILL. Note by the Joint Secretaries.

CONFIDENTIAL 9 GEO. 6. Supplies and Services 1 (Transitional Powers). DRAFT OF A BILL TO Provide for the application of certain Defence Regulations A.D 1945. for purposes connected with the maintenance control and regulation of supplies and services, for enabling Defence Regulations to be made for the control of prices and charges, and for the continuation of Defence Regulations so applied or made during a limited period notwithstanding the expiry of the said Acts; to make provision for securing more effective Parliamentary control over Defence Regulations and orders and other instruments made thereunder; to provide for applying during a limited period certain powers of the Minister of Supply for purposes similar to those for which Defence Regulations may be applied and otherwise for amending those powers; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.