Sugar (Control of Import) Act, 1936

Contents of prohibition order.

5.—The Executive Council may, in and by a prohibition order, do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) exempt from the prohibition effected by such order sugar of any particular description, whether identified by reference to the quality, nature, or other characteristic of such sugar or by reference to the purposes for which or the manner or the circumstances in which such sugar is imported, or by reference to any other matter or thing;

(b) effect any such exemption as is mentioned in the next preceding paragraph of this section either directly or by way of an authorisation to the Minister or to the Revenue Commissioners;

(c) attach to any such exemption any specified limitation or condition, whether as to quantity, time, proof, or otherwise, and in particular a condition requiring the Minister or the Revenue Commissioners to be satisfied of specified matters before the exemption takes effect;

(d) give to the Minister or to the Revenue Commissioners power, duty, or jurisdiction to determine whether particular quantities or descriptions of sugar are or are not entitled to the benefit of any particular such exemption;

(e) authorise the Minister or the Revenue Commissioners to impose conditions (whether precedent or subsequent) to be complied with by persons claiming or receiving the benefit of any such exemption.