S.I. No. 144/1968 - Imposition of Duties (Iron and Steel Products) Order, 1968.

S.I. No. 144 of 1968.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS) ORDER, 1968.

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and section 22 of the Finance Act, 1962 (No. 15 of 1962), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Iron and Steel Products) Order, 1968.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 30th day of June, 1968.

3. In this Order "the Principal Order" means the Imposition of Duties (No. 159) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 132 of 1966 ).

4. The duties of customs imposed by paragraph 5 of and mentioned in the Schedule to the Principal Order at tariff heading numbers 73.10 (A) (1) (b), 73.10 (A) (2) (b), 73.10 (A) (3) (a) (ii), 73.11 (B) (2) (b) (inserted by this Order), 73.11 (B) (3) (a) (ii), 73.11 (B) (4) (a) (ii) and 73.13 (B) (1) (b) shall not be charged or levied.

5. The Principal Order is hereby amended by—

(i) the deletion of the matter in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh columns of the Schedule at tariff heading number 73.11 (B) (2),

(ii) the substitution for the matter in the first column of the Schedule at tariff heading number 73.11 (B) (2) of the following:

" H, I, T and U sections of which the greatest cross-sectional dimension does not exceed 10 inches:

(a) U sections of which the greatest cross-sectional dimension does not exceed 7 inches

(b) Other

(iii) the insertion in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh columns, respectively, of the Schedule at tariff heading number 73.11 (B) (2) (a) (inserted by this Order)

	of "(a)", "30% or
		£24 per ton*",
	"30% or		"20% or	"16% or
	£24 per		£16 per	£12. 16s.
	ton* ",		ton* ",	per ton* ",
and
	"14% or
	£11. 4s.
	per ton* ".
and

(iv) the insertion in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh columns, respectively, of the Schedule at tariff heading number 73.11 (B) (2) (b) (inserted by this Order)

	of "(a)", "30% or	"30% or	"20% or
	£24 per	£24 per	£16 per
	ton* ",	ton* ",	ton* ",
"16% or
£12. 16s.
per ton* ",

and
	"14% or
	£11. 4s.
	per ton* ",

6. The Imposition of Duties (Iron and Steel Products) (No. 2) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 303 of 1967 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of June, 1968.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY

The Minister for Industry and Commerce hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce,

this 27th day of June, 1968.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order suspends the operation of the duties on certain bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, sheets and plates of iron or steel with effect from 30th June, 1968.