Ministers of the Crown (Emergency Appointments) Act 1939
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1939 c. 77 |
| Year | 1939 |
Ministers of the Crown (Emergency Appointments) Act, 1939
(2 & 3 Geo. 6.) CHAPTER 77.
An Act to make provision with respect to Ministers appointed in connection with the prosecution of war.
[1st September 1939]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Application of Act, and capacity to sit in House of Commons
(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Act shall apply to any Minister of the Crown appointed for the purpose of exercising functions connected with the prosecution of any war in which His Majesty may be engaged.
(2) The office of a Minister to whom this Act applies or of a secretary appointed by such a Minister shall not render the holder thereof incapable of being elected to, or sitting or voting as a member of, the House of Commons, but not more than one secretary in each Ministry shall sit as a member of that House at the same time.
(3) Section two of the Re-election of Ministers Act, 1919 (which enables certain Ministers to sit in the House of Commons) shall not apply to any Minister to whom this Act applies.
(4) In this Act the expression ‘the Minister’ means any Minister to whom this Act applies, and the expression ‘Ministry’ shall be construed accordingly.
2 Minister to take oath of allegiance and official oath.
2. The Minister shall take the oath of allegiance and the official oath, and shall be deemed to be included in the First Part of the Schedule to the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868.
3 Officers, remuneration and expenses.
(1) The Minister may appoint such secretaries, officers and servants as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine, and there shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament to the Minister, and to the secretaries, officers and servants appointed by him such salaries or remuneration as the Treasury may determine.
(2) The expenses of the Minister, to such amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
4 Seal, style and acts of Minister.
(1) The Minister may adopt an official seal and describe himself generally by such...
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