S.I. No. 317/1972 - Imposition of Duties (Miscellaneous Suspensions) Order, 1972.

S.I. No. 317 of 1972.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (MISCELLANEOUS SUSPENSIONS) ORDER, 1972.

I, SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Miscellaneous Suspensions) Order, 1972.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1973.

3. In this Order—

"paragraph 5" means paragraph 5 of the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 );

"the Schedule" means the Schedule to the said Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972.

4. (1) the duties of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 4422-012, 4422-028, 4428-617, 5807-132, 5807-180, 6910-422, 6910-454, 7313-025, 7313-045, 7313-065, 7313-113, 7313-125, 7313-141, 7313-157, 7313-173, 7313-215, 7313-227, 7313-271, 7313-283, 7313-318, 7313-366, 7313-378, 7313-412, 7313-424, 7313-452, 7313-464, 7313-476, 7313-488, 7313-538, 7313-554, 7323-416, 7323-420, 7323-436, 7323-444, 7323-452, 7323-464, 7338-417, 7340-471, 8204-288, 8204-342, 8303-127, 8304-421, 8424-560, 8424-576 and 8424-636 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied.

(2) The minimum specific rates of duty imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 8424-516 and 8424-528 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied.

5. The duty of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code number 3503—527 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on isinglass in solid form.

6. The duty of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code number 3503-535 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on edible gelatine in solid form.

7. The duties of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 3902-452, 3902-456, 3902-520, 3902-560, 3902-616, 3902-648, 3902-668, 3907-337, 3907-662, 4812-000, 5910-327, 5910-335, 5910-343, 5910-351, 5910-367, 5910-379 and 6812-154 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on pieces of floor covering of which the greatest dimension does not exceed thirty-five inches.

8. The duties of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code number 5910-327 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on inlaid linoleum which is not less than two and one-half millimetres in thickness.

9. The duties of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 5004-140, 5005-542, 5006-045 and 5201-243 in the Schedule and (in so far as they are chargeable on yarns not containing wool or hair) the duties of customs imposed by the said paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 5605-117, 5605-125, 5605-133, 5605-141, 5605-165, 5605-173, 5605-181, 5605-215, 5605-223, 5605-231, 5605-255 and 5605-269 in the said Schedule shall not be charged or levied on yarns commonly known as bouclé, knop, bead, loop, curl, spiral, slub and snarl yarns.

10. The duty of customs on certain plates, sheets or strip of aluminium imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 7603-225, 7603-241, 7603-273, 7603-314 and 7603-330 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on goods in which the thickness of the aluminium exceeds one-fiftieth of an inch, other than pieces of such goods of circular or approximately circular shape the greatest cross-sectional dimension of which does not exceed twenty-five inches.

11. The duty of customs on certain plates, sheets or strip of aluminium imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code number 7608-421 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on goods in which the thickness of the aluminium exceeds one-fiftieth of an inch.

12. The duty of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 7603-225, 7603-241, 7603-273, 7603-314 and 7603-330 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on strip which is—

(a) imported in rolls,

(b) formed to a concave shape,

(c) of a width not exceeding two and one-half inches,

(d) coloured or lacquered on both sides, and

(e) not less than seventeen two-thousandths of an inch nor more than thirteen one thousandths of an inch in thickness inclusive of colouring or lacquering.

13. The duties of customs imposed by paragraph 5 and mentioned at tariff code numbers 8425-362 and 8425-426 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied on rick-lifters, hay-sweeps, silage rakes, buck rakes, and the like, or on parts of rick-lifters, hay-sweeps, silage rakes, buck rakes, and the like.

14. The duties of customs at the rates of 40 per cent, 26.7 per cent, 8 per cent and 5.3 per cent imposed by paragraphs 5 (a), 5 (c), 5 (d) and 5 (e) of and mentioned at tariff code numbers 4803-538, 4803-554, 4805-633, 4807-534 and 4815-281 in the Schedule shall not be charged or levied.

15. The Imposition of Duties (Miscellaneous Suspensions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 153 of 1966 ), the Imposition of Duties (Imitation Parchment or Greaseproof Paper) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 86 of 1967 ), the Imposition of Duties (Miscellaneous Suspensions) (Amendment) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 265 of 1967 ), paragraph 4 of the Imposition of Duties (Iron and Steel Products) Order, 1968 ( S.I. No. 144 of 1968 ), paragraphs 4 and 6 of the Imposition of Duties (Agricultural Machinery) Order, 1969 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1969 ), paragraph 3 (b) of the Imposition of Duties (Agricultural Machinery) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 241 of 1970 ), and the Imposition of Duties (Iron and Steel Products) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 343 of 1971 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of December, 1972.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and

Commerce, this 19th day of December, 1972.

PATRICK J. LALOR,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order replaces, with effect from 1st January, 1973, all Orders in force up to that date which provided for indefinite suspension of certain customs duties.