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CIVIL DEFENCE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1950 - SECT 2

Civil defence functions of the Ministry.

2.(1) It shall be part of the functions of the Ministry to take such steps as
appear to it from time to time to be necessary or expedient for civil defence
purposes, and, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the
preceding words, such steps as appear to the Ministry from time to time to be
necessary or expedient in connection with any of the following matters, that
is to say:

(a)the organisation, formation, maintenance, equipment and training of
civil defence forces and services;

(b)the organisation, equipment and training for civil defence purposes of
police forces and employees of public bodies (as defined in this Act) employed
primarily for purposes other than civil defence purposes;

(c)the instruction of members of the public in civil defence and their
equipment for the purposes of civil defence;

(d)the provision, storage and maintenance of commodities and things required
for civil defence; and

(e)the provision, construction, maintenance or alteration of premises,
structures or excavations required for civil defence and the doing of any
other work required for civil defence.

Subs.(2) rep. by SI 1973/2163 art.14(2) sch.6

(3) If it appears to the Ministry to be necessary or expedient for any of the
purposes of this Act, the Ministry may

(a)by order establish a body or bodies consisting of such members as may be
designated by the order, who shall hold office on such terms and subject to
such conditions as shall be specified in the order;

(b)delegate to any body so established such of the functions of the Ministry
under this Act as may be prescribed, or specified in the relevant order.


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