S.I. No. 132/1970 - Imposition of Duties (No. 184) (Wine) Order, 1970.


S.I. No. 132 of 1970.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (NO. 184) (WINE) ORDER, 1970.

The Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 184) (Wine) Order, 1970.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1970.

3. Part II of the Third Schedule to the Finance Act, 1969 (No. 21 of 1969), which relates to the customs duty on still wine in bottle manufactured in and consigned from the United Kingdom, shall have effect as if for the rates of 19s. 11·6d., £1 3s. 6·8d. and £1 13s. 11 7/15d. specified in column (3) thereof there were substituted rates of 19s. 9·2d., £1 3s. 2d. and £1 13s. 6 2/3d., respectively.

4. Part IV of the Third Schedule to the Finance Act, 1969 , which relates to the excise duty on Irish wine, shall have effect as if for the rates of 14s. 6d., 15s. 6d. and 19s. 7d. there were substituted rates of 15s. 3d., 16s. 5d. and £1 1s. 7d., respectively.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 16th

day of June, 1970.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides, with effect from 1 July, 1970, for

(a) a further reduction in the protective element in the additional customs duty on still wine in bottle of United Kingdom origin, and

(b) further small increases in the rates of excise duty on Irish wine in accordance with the Free Trade Area Agreement.