Part VIIISchemes for Exemption and Financial Assistance
Financial assistance in respect of call out or recall
86Power to suspend payments due to national danger or great emergency
1
Where a call-out order under section 52 or a recall order under section 68 is in force, the Secretary of State may by order suspend the operation of any regulations under section 83 or 84.
2
An order under subsection (1) may suspend the application of the regulations concerned in all cases or in such cases as may be specified in the order; and the effect of such an order is—
a
to prevent any right to payments arising or (in relation to people who have already been called out or recalled) accruing further under the suspended regulations in respect of the period during which the order is in force; and
b
to suspend for that period any obligation of the Secretary of State to make payments under the suspended regulations in respect of earlier periods.
3
An order under subsection (1)—
a
shall be made for such period not exceeding 12 months as may be specified in the order; and
b
may (if it has not otherwise expired) be revoked by the Secretary of State by order.
4
An order under subsection (1) shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
5
An order revoking an order under subsection (1) shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be laid before each House of Parliament after being made.