Or rabbits? More than one way to shoot!

A bit off topic, but an interesting image.

http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad189/Sdeve/Misc/?action=view¤t=18000men.jpg

IIRC, there was more than a minority of Germans involved in the second disagreement.

When you are taking photographs that are important to you, try and remember that the last time you used the camera, you had switched it to manual focus!!! Nearly in focus just ain't good enough!!

Just as a matter of interest (well it was to me), I was unaware of this pin when I first used my Metz 58. Fortunately, no harm was done but it did cause some anxiety till I figured out that I had to fully wind back the hotshoe claming winder.

I did say that the more contentious parts of the act hadn't been used yet. Try and keep up.

Read the act. The powers I refer to have not yet been used, although I believe that many others have been. This doesn't mean that the act wasn't passed, or that the powers cannot be used.

Still, here's a clue for you. An extract from the act. I've highlighted some of the more jolly ones.

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Scope of emergency regulations .(1)
Emergency regulations may make any provision which the person making the regulations is satisfied is appropriate for the purpose of preventing, controlling or mitigating an aspect or effect of the emergency in respect of which the regulations are made. .
(2)
In particular, emergency regulations may make any provision which the person making the regulations is satisfied is appropriate for the purpose of— .
(a) protecting human life, health or safety, .
(b) treating human illness or injury, .
(c) protecting or restoring property, .
(d) protecting or restoring a supply of money, food, water, energy or fuel, .
(e) protecting or restoring a system of communication, .
(f) protecting or restoring facilities for transport, .
(g) protecting or restoring the provision of services relating to health, .
(h) protecting or restoring the activities of banks or other financial institutions, .
(i) preventing, containing or reducing the contamination of land, water or air, .
(j) preventing, reducing or mitigating the effects of disruption or destruction of plant life or animal life, .
(k) protecting or restoring activities of Parliament, of the Scottish Parliament, of the Northern Ireland Assembly or of the National Assembly for Wales, or .
(l) protecting or restoring the performance of public functions. .
(3) Emergency regulations may make provision of any kind that could be made by Act of Parliament or by the exercise of the Royal Prerogative; in particular, regulations may— .
(a) confer a function on a Minister of the Crown, on the Scottish Ministers, on the National Assembly for Wales, on a Northern Ireland department, on a coordinator appointed under section 24 or on any other specified person (and a function conferred may, in particular, be— .
(i) a power, or duty, to exercise a discretion; .
(ii)a power to give directions or orders, whether written or oral); .
(b) provide for or enable the requisition or confiscation of property (with or without compensation); .
(c) provide for or enable the destruction of property, animal life or plant life (with or without compensation); .
(d) prohibit, or enable the prohibition of, movement to or from a specified place; .
(e) require, or enable the requirement of, movement to or from a specified place; .
(f) prohibit, or enable the prohibition of, assemblies of specified kinds, at specified places or at specified times; .
(g) prohibit, or enable the prohibition of, travel at specified times; .
(h) prohibit, or enable the prohibition of, other specified activities;

Indeed. A tragedy illustrated by a comedy.

PentaxRocks.

I deduce several things from yourt post. First, you are a police officer. Second, you suggest that I have a 'beef' with the police because I might criticise bad behaviour on their part. Being dissatisfied with bad behaviour of the police, whether the entity, or the behaviour of individuals is not a 'beef' with the police, but a legitimate response to that bad behaviour. Thirdly, the act that needs reading by you and not I, is not the Civil contingencies Act 2004, but the Human Rights Act 1998, 2000, and 2004, which allows for extreme measures in emergencies (Including capital punishment). The Civil contingencies Act, being made after the Human Rights Act, will no doubt have been made with the Human Rights Acts in mind.