Section 2.
1Any order duly made in pursuance of any Defence Regulation continued in force by virtue of section two of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act.
2Unless the contrary intention appears therefrom, any provisions contained in, or having effect under, any such Regulation as aforesaid shall—
(a)in so far as they specifically impose prohibitions or obligations in relation to vessels or aircraft, apply to all vessels or aircraft in or over the United Kingdom and to all British ships or aircraft, not being excepted ships or aircraft, wherever they may be ;
(b)in so far as they impose prohibitions, restrictions or obligations on persons, apply, subject to the foregoing sub-paragraph, to all persons in the United Kingdom and all persons on board any British ship or aircraft, not being an excepted ship or aircraft, and to all other persons, wherever they may be, who are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies or British protected persons and who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.
3In the last foregoing paragraph—
" British aircraft " means an aircraft registered in—
any part of Her Majesty's dominions ;
any country outside Her Majesty's dominions in which for the time being Her Majesty has jurisdiction;
any country consisting partly of one or more colonies and partly of one or more such countries as are mentioned in the last foregoing sub-paragraph ;
" British protected person " has the same meaning as in the British Nationality Acts, 1948 and 1958 ;
" excepted ship or aircraft " means a ship or aircraft registered in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Republic of Ireland, India, Pakistan, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Ceylon, Ghana or the Federation of Malaya, or in any territory administered by the government of any of the countries aforesaid, not being a ship or aircraft for the time being placed at the disposal of, or chartered by or on behalf of, Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
4Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by any Minister or other authority or person in pursuance of any provision contained in, or having effect under, any such Regulation as aforesaid, and to be signed by or on behalf of that Minister, authority or person, shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an instrument made or issued by that Minister, authority or person; and prima facie evidence of any such instrument as aforesaid may, in any legal proceedings (including arbitrations), be given by the production of a document purporting to be certified to be a true copy of the instrument by or on behalf of the Minister or other authority or person having power to make or issue the instrument.