Finance Act, 1924

PART II.

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

Duty on tea.

12.—(1) A customs duty at the rate of five pence on the pound shall be charged, levied, and paid on all tea imported into Saorstát Eireann on or after the 12th day of May, 1924, and before the 1st day of August, 1925, in lieu of the customs duty at the rate of eight pence on the pound now chargeable.

(2) The provisions of section 8 of the Finance Act, 1919, shall apply to the duty mentioned in this section with the substitution of the expression “Saorstát Eireann” for the expression “Great Britain and Ireland.”