Defence Regulations 1939 (UK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Defence_Regulations_1939_(UK)
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf state of emergency
gptkbp:affects civil liberties
gptkbp:allows gptkb:censorship
curfews
rationing
compulsory labour
restrictions on movement
internment without trial
control of property
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:UK_National_Archives
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1939
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Defence Regulations 1939 (UK)
gptkbp:influencedBy Defence of the Realm Act 1914
gptkbp:inForceDuring 1939-1950s
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Emergency_Powers_(Defence)_Act_1939
gptkbp:notableRegulation gptkb:Regulation_18B
gptkbp:purpose grant emergency powers during World War II
gptkbp:Regulation_18B internment of suspected enemy sympathizers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:repealedBy post-World War II
gptkbp:replacedBy post-war legislation
gptkbp:scope wide-ranging powers over civil and economic life
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_emergency_laws
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7