WARTIME POWERS.
MOVE TO ABOLISH.
BILL READ Il\l HOUSE.
REPEAL OF REGULATIONS. (By Tclegrnpli.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The introduction by Mr. Mason, Attorney-General, of the War Regulations Repeal Bill, which has been read a first time in the House of Representatives, is a reminder that there is still in existence an extensive series of these emergency regulations, which have been bound together in a substantial volume. It is the present Government's intention to make a complete disposal of all these dormant powers, some of which are extremely drastic.
No fewer than six statutes were passed during the period 1914-18, authorising the framing of war regulations, and some years after war had ended strong representations were made bv the commercial community to have them repealed, as they constituted a potential, if not an actual, threat of serious interference in business.
The Coalition Government actually introduced a repealing bill in 1934, under the control of the Prime Minister, by which it proposed to abolish all the war regulations, excepting that any powers vested in the Public Trustee, as custodian of enemy property, were to be maintained. The bill was read a first time, but never reappeared until its revival this week.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 91, 17 April 1936, Page 8
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200WARTIME POWERS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 91, 17 April 1936, Page 8
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