S.I. No. 151/1959 - Imposition of Duties (No. 76) (Textile Floor Coverings) Order, 1959.


S.I. No. 151 of 1959.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 76) (TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS) ORDER, 1959.

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

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 76) (Textile Floor Coverings) Order, 1959.

2. The duty of customs imposed by section 15 of and mentioned at reference number 14 in the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1938 (No. 25 of 1938), shall, as respects articles imported on or after the 8th day of September, 1959, be varied by—

(a) the deletion in the second column of that Schedule at that reference number of " and do not contain any rubber, artificial rubber, or imitation of rubber, or any substance containing rubber as an ingredient ", and

(b) the insertion in the fourth column of that Schedule at that reference number of the following provisions, namely :

" The duty mentioned at this reference number shall not be charged or levied on any article chargeable with the duty imposed by the Imposition of Duties (No. 31) (Floor Coverings) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 117 of 1958 ).

Whenever the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister for Industry and Commerce, so thinks proper, the Revenue Commissioners may by licence authorise any particular person, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, to import any articles chargeable with duty, mentioned at this reference number, and which were chargeable, immediately before the 8th day of September, 1959, with the duty imposed by section 11 of and mentioned at reference number 33 in the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932) on payment of the duty imposed by this Order at a rate equivalent to the rate at which the duty imposedby the said section 11 and mentioned at the said reference number 33 was chargeable thereon immediately before the said 8th day of September, 1959, provided that—

(a) application for such licence is made to the Minister for Industry and Commerce on or before the 9th day of October, 1959,

(b) it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister for Industry and Commerce that the articles which are the subject of such application were in transit or on order immediately before the 8th day of September, 1959, and

(c) the period of validity of any such licence does not exceed three months."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 1st day of September, 1959.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to impose a Customs Duty of 60% (full) 40% (preferential) on certain textile floor coverings which contain rubber, imitation rubber, artificial rubber or any substance containing rubber.