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Fuel And Electricity (Control) Act 1973 (Continuation) Order 1974
The Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 (c. 67) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which empowered the Secretary of State to control the production, supply, acquisition and use of petroleum, petroleum derived products, substances used as fuel, and electricity. Background The Yom Kippur War in the Middle East created considerable uncertainty over oil supplies and prices. Furthermore, industrial action had taken place in the UK electricity power industry and the coal industry engendering further uncertainty about supplies. A short enabling act allowed the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade to temporarily control the production, supply, acquisition and use of petroleum and petroleum products and any other substance used as fuel, and the production, supply and use of electricity. Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 The Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 (c. 67) received royal assent on 6 December 1973. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Acts Of The Parliament Of The United Kingdom From 1973
Public general acts Local acts See also * List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom References Current Law Statutes Annotated 1973 *Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 43: Continuation Volume 1973. Butterworths. London. 1974. {{UK legislation Lists of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1973 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energy Act 1976
The Energy Act 1976 (c. 76) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which empowered the Secretary of State to control the production, supply, acquisition and use of fuels and electricity, and included measures for the conservation of fuels. Background The Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 had been enacted during the 1973 oil crisis, but had to be renewed annually. The Government thought it would be expedient to put these emergency powers on a permanent basis. The Energy Act 1976 enacted this provision and included a number of other energy related requirements. The Government wished to develop policies for the conservation of energy, and to comply with European Council directives and enforce EEC (EU) regulations in the energy field. Furthermore, there were a number of provisions in existing legislation that needed to be updated. These included the regulation of flaring and venting unignited gas into the atmosphere. The British Gas Corporation was relieved from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of The United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster in London. Parliament possesses legislative supremacy and thereby holds ultimate power over all other political bodies in the United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories. While Parliament is bicameral, it has three parts: the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. The three parts acting together to legislate may be described as the King-in-Parliament. The Crown normally acts on the advice of the prime minister, and the powers of the House of Lords are limited to only delaying legislation. The House of Commons is the elected lower chamber of Parliament, with elections to 650 single-member constituencies held at least every five years under the first-past-the-post system. By constitutional conventi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, territories Israeli-occupied territories, occupied by Israel in 1967. Some combat also took place in mainland Geography of Egypt, Egypt and Northern District (Israel), northern Israel. Egypt aimed to secure a foothold on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal and use it to negotiate the return of the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Peninsula. The war started on 6 October 1973, when the Arab coalition launched a surprise attack across their respective frontiers during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, which coincided with the 10th day of Ramadan. The United States and Soviet Union engaged in massive resupply efforts for their allies (Israel and the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of State For Business, Energy And Industrial Strategy
The secretary of state for business and trade (business secretary), is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Business and Trade. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The incumbent business secretary is Jonathan Reynolds who was appointed by Keir Starmer on 5 July 2024. The Secretary of State is shadowed by the Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, currently Andrew Griffith since 2024. Responsibilities Corresponding to what is generally known as a commerce minister in many other countries, the business secretary's remit includes: * Relations with domestic and international business * Policy relating to deregulation * Policy relating to international trade and trade agreements * Import and export policy History During the government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the then president of the Board of Trade, Edward Heath, was given in addition the job of secretary of stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Board Of Trade
The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. A committee of the His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, it was first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with diverse functions. The current holder of the post is Jonathan Reynolds, who is concurrently the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, secretary of state for business and trade. History The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Privy Council, judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II of England, Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660, followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in others that is a separate step. Under a modern constitutional monarchy, royal assent is considered little more than a formality. Even in nations such as the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein and Monaco which still, in theory, permit their monarch to withhold assent to laws, the monarch almost never does so, except in a dire political emergency or on advice of government. While the power to veto by withholding royal assent was once exercised often by European monarchs, such an occurrence has been very rare since the eighteenth century. Royal assent is typically associated with elaborate ceremony. In the United Kingdom the Sovereign may appear personally in the House of Lords or may appoint Lords Commissioners, who anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-Day Week
The Three-Day Week was one of several measures introduced in the United Kingdom in 1973–1974 by Edward Heath's Conservative government to conserve electricity, the generation of which was severely restricted owing to industrial action by coal miners and railway workers. From 1 January 1974, commercial users of electricity were limited to three specified consecutive days' consumption each week and prohibited from working longer hours on those days. Services deemed essential (e.g. hospitals, data centres, supermarkets and newspaper printing presses) were exempt. Television companies were required to cease broadcasting at 22:30 to conserve electricity, although this restriction was dropped after a general election was called. The Three-Day Week restrictions were lifted on 7 March 1974. The measure was a major disaster for the Heath government, contributing to the losses in both the February election and the subsequent October election. Following the losses Margaret Thatcher cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SI 1974
This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 1974. Statutory instruments 1-999 * National Health Service (Venereal Diseases) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/29) * Judicial Pensions (Widow's and Children's Benefits) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/44) * National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/160) * Judicial Pensions (Widows' and Children's Benefits) (No. 2) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/229) * Offshore Installation (Construction and Survey) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/289) * Gloucestershire (Coroners' Districts) Order 1974 (SI 1974/368) * National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/455) * National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/505) * National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/506) * Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1974 (SI 1974/520) * Great Ouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SI 1975
This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 1975. Statutory instruments 1-499 * Merchant Shipping (Diving Operations) Regulations 1975 (SI 1975/116) * Official Secrets (Prohibited Places) Order 1975 (SI 1975/182) * National Health Service Health Boards: Membership, Procedure and Payment of Subscriptions (Scotland) Regulations 1975 (SI 1975/197) * Movement and Sale of Pigs Order 1975 (SI 1975/203) * Friendly Societies Regulations 1975 (SI 1975/205) * Clyde River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 (SI 1975/232) * Solway River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 (SI 1975/233) * Tweed River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 (SI 1975/234) * Tay River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 (SI 1975/235) * North East River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 (SI 1975/236) * Forth River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 (SI 1975/237) * Highland River Purification Board (Establishment) Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Dependencies
The Crown Dependencies are three dependent territory, offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the The Crown, British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. They are closely related to the Countries of the United Kingdom, countries of the United Kingdom (UK), although they are not part of them. They have the status of "territories for which the United Kingdom is responsible", rather than sovereign states. As a result, they are not member states of the Commonwealth of Nations. However, they do have relationships with the Commonwealth and other international organisations, and are members of the British–Irish Council. They have their own teams in the Commonwealth Games. Each island's political development has been largely independent from, though ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
