War Risks Insurance Act 1939
An Act to make provision for authorising the Board of Trade, in the event of war and in other circumstances, to undertake the insurance of ships and other goods; for the payment by the Board of Trade, in time of war, of compensation in respect of goods lost or damaged in transit; for requiring persons to insure goods against certain risks in time of war; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. [4th August 1939.] BE it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with th...