Supply Powers Act 1975

Supply Powers Act 1975^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the outstanding provisions of the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 and enactments and instruments amending those provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Citation	1975 c. 9
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	13 March 1975
Commencement	13 April 1975
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Criminal Justice Act 1982; Transport and Works Act 1992; Higher Education and Research Act 2017;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Supply Powers Act 1975 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Supply Powers Act 1975 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the powers of the Secretary of State to acquire, produce, and dispose of materials and services for the public service in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Provisions

Section 8(1) of the act repealed 4 enactments and revoked 11 instruments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 2 to the act, respectively.^[2]

Part I – Enactments repealed
Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 38	Ministry of Supply Act 1939	The whole act.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 51	Public Records Act 1958	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to section 17 of the Ministry of Supply Act 1939.
1968 c. 32	Industrial Expansion Act 1968	Section 13 and Schedule 3.
1971 c. 75	Civil Aviation Act 1971	In Schedule 10, paragraph 1.

Part II – Orders revoked
Citation	Title	Extent of revocation
SR&O 1939/877	Ministry of Supply (Transfer of Powers) (No. 1) Order 1939	The whole order.
SR&O 1946/378	Transfer of Functions (Various Commodities) Order 1946	The whole order.
SR&O 1947/984	Transfer of Functions (Home-Grown Raw Wool) Order 1947	The whole order.
SR&O 1947/2472	Transfer of Functions (Medical Supplies) Order 1947	The whole order.
SI 1949/355	Transfer of Functions (Ethyl Chloride and Kitchen Waste) Order 1949	The whole order.
SI 1950/509	Transfer of Functions (Kitchen Waste) Order 1950	The whole order.
SI 1951/1242	Transfer of Functions (Various Materials) Order 1951	The whole order.
SI 1954/1028	Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Materials) Order 1954	Article 2(2)(a).
SI 1969/1498	Minister of Technology Order 1969	In Schedule 1, paragraph 1(g).
SI 1970/1537	Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Order 1970	In Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 and 7(c).
SI 1971/719	Ministry of Aviation Supply Order 1971	In the Schedule, paragraph 1(1).

↑ Law Commission; Scottish Law Commission (1974). Supply Powers Bill: Report on the Consolidation. Scot Law Com No. 38. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
↑ "Supply Powers Act 1975", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1975 c. 9

Text of the Supply Powers Act 1975 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the Supply Powers Act 1975 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.