S.I. No. 261/1963 - Imposition of Duties (No. 141) (Yarn of Flax) Order, 1963.


S.I. No. 261 of 1963.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (NO. 141) (YARN OF FLAX) ORDER, 1963.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and section 22 of the Finance Act, 1962 (No. 15 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 141) (Yarn of Flax) Order, 1963.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of December, 1963.

3. The Imposition of Duties (No. 128) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 163 of 1962 ), is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for the matter in the third, fourth and fifth columns of the Schedule at tariff heading numbers 50.04 (A) (1), 50.05 (A) (I), 50.06 (A) (I), 50.07 (A) (1), 54.03 (A), 54.04 (A) and 58.07 (A) (1) (a) of "831/3%", "831/3%" and "331/3%", respectively, and

(b) the substitution for the matter in the third, fourth and fifth columns of the Schedule at tariff heading number 54.03 (B) of "50 %", "50 %" and "331/3%", respectively.

4. The Imposition of Duties (No. 131) (Reduction of Rates of Customs Duties) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 214 of 1962 ), shall apply and have effect in relation to goods to which this Order applies as if this Order had come into operation immediately before the 1st day of January, 1963.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 18th day of December, 1963.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the above Order is to reduce the ad valorem rates of duty on (1) thread and ply-yarn of flax to 831/3% (full), 331/3% (U.K. and Canada), and on (ii) single yarn of flax in ball form to 50% (full), 331/3% (U.K. and Canada). All these rates are subject to the 10% general reduction in duties effected on 1st January 1963.