Imposition of Duties (Confirmation of Orders) Act, 1968

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Number 38 of 1968


IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (CONFIRMATION OF ORDERS) ACT, 1968


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Confirmation of Orders.

2.

Short title.

SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Imposition of Duties Act, 1957

1957, No. 7.

Finance Act, 1962

1962, No. 15.

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Number 38 of 1968


IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (CONFIRMATION OF ORDERS) ACT, 1968


AN ACT TO CONFIRM CERTAIN ORDERS MADE UNDER THE IMPOSITION OF DUTIES ACT, 1957 , AND THE FINANCE ACT, 1962 . [24th December, 1968.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Confirmation of Orders.

1.—(1) The several Orders mentioned in the second column of the Schedule to this Act, and made under the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 , and the Finance Act, 1962 , are hereby confirmed.

(2) The particulars stated in the first and third columns, respectively, of the Schedule to this Act in relation to the Orders mentioned in the second column of that Schedule are inserted solely to facilitate reference to and identification of those Orders and, accordingly, nothing contained in the said first column or the said third column shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of this section and the second column of that Schedule.

Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Confirmation of Orders) Act, 1968.

SCHEDULE

Number and year of Statutory Instrument

Title

General Subject Matter

(1)

(2)

(3)

S.I. No. 135 of 1967.

Imposition of Duties (No. 161) (Pneumatic Tyres) Order, 1967.

Increase in the minimum specific duty of customs on pneumatic tyres for certain mechanically propelled vehicles imported from countries other than the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland.

S.I. No. 147 of 1967

Imposition of Duties (No. 162) (Lawn-Mowers) Order, 1967.

Substitution of an ordinary licensing provision for the restricted licensing provision attached to the duty on manually operated lawn-mowers.

S.I. No. 156 of 1967.

Imposition of Duties (No. 164) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1967.

Second reduction in protective duties, and in protective element in revenue duties, on certain goods of United Kingdom origin in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom establishing a Free Trade Area; maintenance of the import duty preference in favour of certain Northern Ireland goods as against similar goods imported from the United Kingdom; exemption from revenue duty of cameras designed solely for medical or surgical purposes; minor editorial changes in the form of customs tariff.

S.I. No. 255 of 1967.

Imposition of Duties (No. 165) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1967.

Reduction of duties on completely knocked down motor vehicles form 20% to 17½% and amendment of a certain licensing provision regarding motor vehicles.

S.I. No. 279 of 1967.

Imposition of Duties (No. 166) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1967.

Implementation of certain tariff concessions arising from the Government's accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; elimination of the duties on lignite and coke; conversion of certain minor revenue duties to protective duties; amendment of the licensing provision attached to a number of protective duties.