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Restrictions on importation and purchase of tea.
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7.—(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1958.
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(b) The Minister, if he so thinks fit, may by order fix a date, earlier than the 1st day of July, 1958, as the date on which subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section shall come into operation, and if he does so, then, the said subsection shall come into operation on the date so fixed.
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(2) No person except the Company shall import tea.
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(3) The Company shall not import tea unless the Company either—
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(a) imports it direct from the country in which it was produced, or
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(b) imports it under and in accordance with an authorisation given by the Minister.
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(4) No person shall purchase tea for importation unless—
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(a) such person is the Company or a registered tea trader, and
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(b) either—
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(i) such tea was purchased by such person in the country in which it was produced, or
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(ii) the Minister has authorised the Company to purchase it at a place other than the country in which it was produced.
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(5) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section do not apply to—
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(a) tea which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be imported as a sample, or
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(b) tea—
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(i) which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be imported for the personal use of the importer or his household, and
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(ii) which, if it exceeds five pounds in weight, is imported under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister.
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