Finance Act, 1970

Levy on pigs.

56.—(1) In this section—

“the Commission” means the Pigs and Bacon Commission;

“licence” means a licence within the meaning of section 23 of the Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935 , or a pork exporter's licence within the meaning of section 12 (2) of the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930 .

(2) The Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, may by order do any one or more of the following:

(a) impose a levy of such amount as he thinks proper on every pig brought on to premises to which a licence relates and provide that the holder of a licence shall pay to the Commission the amount of any such levies on any pigs brought on to the premises to which the licence relates,

(b) provide for the payment of levies imposed under this section at specified intervals and in a specified manner,

(c) impose different rates of levy on pigs of different classes and provide that levies shall not be payable on pigs of a specified class or classes,

(d) authorise the Commission—

(i) to grant exemption, if and whenever it so thinks fit, from payment of levies under this section (either for a specified period or without limit as to time) on a specified number of pigs or on pigs of a class or classes specified under paragraph (e) of this subsection or on pigs of any category or categories specified by the Commission (by reference to such matters as it thinks fit) in the exemption, and

(ii) to revoke, if and whenever it so thinks fit, an exemption granted by virtue of this paragraph,

(e) specify, for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection, different classes of pigs (by reference to such matters as the Minister thinks fit),

(f) apply the provisions of section 38 and section 39 of the Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1939 , to levies payable under this section,

(g) revoke or amend an order under this section.

(3) Any levy payable pursuant to an order under this section shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any levy payable under the Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961.

(4) All moneys received by the Commission in respect of levies under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance.

(5) Every order under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days upon which that House has sat after the order has been laid before it annulling the order, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.