No. 327/1943:

AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS (APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1943.

AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS (APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1943.

I, FRANK AIKEN, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Defence by section 36 of the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939), and delegated to me under section 6 of the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939), as amended by Section 10 of the Emergency Powers (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1942 (No. 19 of 1942), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance testified by his signature hereto, make the following regulations, that is to say :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air-raid Precautions (Approval of Expenditure by Local Authorities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1943.

2. The references in the Air-raid Precautions (Approval of Expenditure by Local Authorities) Regulations, 1939 ( S. R. & O. No. 401 of 1939 ), to section 35 of the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939), shall be construed as references to the said section as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 279) Order, 1943 (S. R. & O. No. 240 of 1943).

GIVEN under my hand this 30th day of September, 1943.

(Signed) FRANK AIKEN,

Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures.

I concur in the making of the foregoing regulations.

(Signed) SEÁN T. Ó CEALLAIGH,

Minister for Finance.