S.I. No. 85/1980 - Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

S.I. No. 85 of 1980.

WOOL MARKETING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1980.

I, LORCAN ALLEN, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Wool Marketing Act, 1968 (No. 26 of 1968), and by the Agriculture (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1980 (S.I. No. 80 of 1980), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

(2) The Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 143 of 1971 ), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971 and 1980.

(3) These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1980.

2. Regulation 3 of the Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971, is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry in the Table thereto of the following:

Grade No.	Grade of Fleece Wool	Characteristics of Fleece
Degrees of Fineness	Staple Length	Colour
1	Down and Down Cross	Bradford Count 56/58	Full Fleece	Free from grey and black fibres
2	Pick and Super	Bradford Count 54/58	Full Fleece	Free from grey and black fibres
3	Super Selected and Fine Deeps	Bradford Count 48/54	Full Fleece	free from grey and black fibres
4	Deep Lincoln and Leicester Cross	Bradford Count 44/48	Full Fleece	Free from grey and black fibres
5	Fine Cheviot	Bradford Count 50/56	Full Fleece	Free from grey and black fibres
6	Blackface Mountain Cross and 2nd Cheviot	Bradford Count 40/50	Full Fleece	Free from grey and black fibres
7	Deep Selected and Medium Blackface	Coarse fibre and moderately broad staple	Min. 6" (15 cm)	almost free from black fibres and kemp
8	Short fine White Blackface	Moderately coarse fibre with a fine bottom	Full Fleece	Free or almost free from black fibres and with some kemp present.
9	Blackface Lamb and Blackface 2nd Shear	Irregular	Irregular	With grey and black kempy fibres
		Faults in Fleece
10	Matts or Cotts	The ends of the fibres of fleece have become matted together on the flesh side presenting a felted appearance.
11	Winter Stain	Fleece shows bright yellow colour that will not scour out
12	Blue, Rubby or Peaty and Heavy Arable	Fleece contaminated with peat or a high proportion of soil, earth or sand
13	Fine and Strong Grey	Fleece has grey or black fibres but otherwise matches the fleeces described under grade numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and 6
14	Grey Blackface	Fleeces with more black fibres and kemp than the fleeces described under grade numbers 7,8 or 9 but which otherwise match any of the fleeces so described
15	Blackface Mountain Cast	Fleeces showing yellow or brownish soily colouring

In determining the grade of a particular fleece, being a grade specified above, regard shall be had to the characteristics or faults specified in the Table opposite the mention of the grade.

GIVEN under my hand, this 25th day of March, 1980.

LORCAN ALLEN,

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe 15 grades of wool as the minimum to be used by buyers in purchasing fleece wool compared with 22 grades in the 1971 Regulations.