Emergency laws (miscellaneous provisions) [H.L.] A bill [as amended by Standing Committee B] intituled an act to make permanent provision with respect to certain matters with respect to which temporary provision has hitherto been made by or under defence regulations; to suspend the operation of subsection (1) of section thirty-one of the Road Traffic Act, 1934; to remove certain limitations on the exercise of the powers conferred on the court by virtue of the Settled Land and Trustee Acts (Court's General Powers) Act, 1943; to empower certain persons subject to the Naval Discipline Act to take affidavits and declarations outside the United Kingdom; to save the previous operation of regulation fifty-five f of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, after the revocation or expiry thereof; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid [electronic resource].