Author : Labour Research Department
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781396706165
Book Description
Excerpt from Law in War-Time: A Workers' Guide In February 1939 it was announced that England was to be divided into twelve regions, each in charge of a Regional Commissioner, assisted by a, deputy and war staff. In the event of a region being cut off from the centre of administration, the Commissioner would exercise the full powers of the Government. Shortly after this announcement the public was favoured with a list of the Commissioners and their Deputies, whose names and qualifications, with one or two exceptions, failed to evoke much confidence from the working class. The interesting fact about the Regional Commissioners, how ever, is that they have no status, no legal powers, rights or duties. It is true that there appears on the Statute Book an Act called the Regional Commissioners Act, '1939 but this merely says. That they and their deputies can be paid salary and expenses by the Treasury and that the holding of such position does not disqualify the holder from membership of Parliament. There is, of course, no doubt that Regional Commissioners and their deputies and staffs exist, and that they can legitimately draw their pay and expenses from the Treasury; but there is equally no doubt that in the present state of the law, they have no authority, no powers and no functions to perform - other than those undertaken voluntarily or in connection with the receipt of their remuneration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.