S.I. No. 92/1972 - Origin of Manufactured Goods (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

S.I. No. 92 of 1972.

ORIGIN OF MANUFACTURED GOODS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1972.

I, PATRICK LALOR, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Imports (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966 (No. 23 of 1966), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Origin of Manufactured Goods (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1972.

3. In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1966" mean the Origin of Manufactured Goods Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 202 of 1966 ).

4. The Regulations of 1966 and these Regulations shall be construed together.

5. (1) In order that on importation goods, of a kind mentioned in the Schedule to the Principal Order at a tariff heading number specified in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations and of the description mentioned in column 2 of the last-mentioned Schedule at that tariff heading number (being, in the case of goods mentioned in Part I, of that Schedule, yarns, woven fabrics and articles made of woven fabrics containing more than 50 per cent. by weight of cotton, or, in the case of goods mentioned in Part II of that Schedule, woven fabrics and articles made of woven fabrics, the cotton content of which exceeds 50 per cent. by weight of the total textile fabric content) may be treated for the purposes of the Principal Order as goods manufactured in the United Kingdom, the goods, in addition to complying with the relevant conditions specified in the Order of 1966, shall comply with the following condition, namely,

in respect of any yarn, grey cloth or finished cloth imported into the United Kingdom and contained in the goods, duty has been paid at a rate not less than the rate shown in the Customs and Excise Tariff of the United Kingdom as applicable to those goods at the time of their importation and has not been or will not be drawn back, remitted or repaid.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph any yarn or fabric which was landed in the United Kingdom before the 1st day of April, 1972, shall be deemed to have borne duty at the rate referred to in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.

6. The Regulations of 1966 are hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion in column 1 of Schedule 1 before "58.06 (F) (1) (a)" of "*ex 58.02",

(b) the insertion in column 2 of Schedule I opposite the mention in column 1 of "*ex 58.02" (inserted by these regulations) of

"Tufted carpets, the pile of which is inserted by a machine in a pre-existing base fabric",

(c) the insertion in column 3 of Schedule I opposite the mention in column 1 of "*ex 58.02" (inserted by these regulations) of the following:

"Manufacture from natural fibres, not spun or thrown; or from waste of man-made fibres falling in tariff heading number 56.03 or waste of natural fibres; or from fibres of the kind defined in Note 1 (a) to Chapter 51 (discontinuous fibres ex tariff heading number 56.01 or tow ex tariff heading number 56.02); or from coir yarn ex tariff heading number 57.07; or from materials not falling in Chapters 50 to 62", and

(d) the insertion after paragraph 10 of the following paragraph:

"11. (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, in the case of goods which are of a kind mentioned in the Schedule to the Principal Order at a tariff heading number specified in column 1 of Schedule I to these Regulations, are of the description mentioned in column 2 of the last-mentioned Schedule at that tariff heading number, are denoted in the said column 1 by an asterisk, and contain two or more textile materials, a total amount of such material or materials (other than any jute fabric content, and other than the material predominating by weight) not exceeding 20 per cent. by weight of all the textile materials in the product need not have been manufactured in the United Kingdom from the starting point specified in the qualifying process, but may have been introduced into the process at any stage.

(2) For the purpose of this paragraph, each of the following shall be regarded as a single textile material:—

(a) silk and waste silk,

(b) man-made fibres, continuous, of the kind defined in Note 1 (a) to Chapter 51,

(d) man-made fibres, discontinuous, of the kind defined in Note 1 (a) to Chapter 51,

(e) man-made fibres, discontinuous, of the kind defined in Note 1 (b) to Chapter 51,

(f) metallised textiles,

(g) wool,

(h) animal hair other than wool,

(i) flax and ramie,

(j) cotton,

(k) vegetable fibres other than cotton, flax and ramie.

(3) References in this paragraph to Chapter 51 are references to Chapter 51 of the Schedule to the Principal Order."

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Column 1	Column 2
Tariff Heading Number	Description of Goods
55.05	Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale.
55.06	Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale.
55.07	Cotton gauze.
55.08	Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics.
55.09	Other woven fabrics.
58.04	Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics.
59.13	Elastic fabrics and trimmings (other than knitted or crocheted goods) consisting of textile materials combined with rubber threads.
59.14	Wicks, of woven, plaited or knitted textile materials, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles and the like; tubular knitted gas-mantle fabric and incandescent gasmantles.
61.01	Men's and boys' outer garments.
61.02	Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments.
61.03	Men's and boys' under garments including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs.
61.04	Women's, girls' and infants' under garments.
61.05	Handkerchiefs.
61.06	Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like.
61.07	Ties, bow ties and cravats.
61.08	Collars, tuckers, fallals, bodicefronts, jabots, cuffs, flounces, yokes and similar accessories and trimmings for women's and girls' garments.
61.09	Corsets, corset belts, suspender belts, brassieres, braces, suspenders, garters and the like (including such articles of knitted or crocheted fabric), whether or not elastic.
61.10	Gloves, mittens, mitts, stockings, socks and sockettes, not being knitted or crocheted goods.
61.11	Made-up accessories for articles of apparel (for example dress shields, shoulder and other pads, belts, muffs, sleeve protectors, pockets).
62.01	Travelling rugs and blankets.
62.02	Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles.
62.04	Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sunblinds, tents and camping goods.
62.05	Other made-up textile articles (including dress patterns).

PART II.

Column 1	Column 2
Tariff Heading Number	Description of Goods
58.10	Embroidery, in the piece, in strips or in motifs.
59.07	Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books and the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar fabrics for hat foundations and similar uses.
59.08	Textile fabrics impregnated, coated; covered or laminated with preparations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials.
59.09	Textile fabrics coated or impregnated with oil or preparations with a basis of drying oil.
59.11	Rubberised textile fabrics, other than rubberised knitted or crocheted goods.
59.12	Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated or coated; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like.
59.15	Textile hosepiping and similar tubing, with or without lining armour or accessories of other materials.
59.16	Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of textile material, whether or not strengthened with metal or other material.
59.17	Textile fabrics and textile articles, of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of March, 1972.

PATRICK LALOR,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these regulations is to prescribe amended conditions which certain cotton goods and tufted carpets must satisfy in order to qualify as of United Kingdom origin for the assessment of import duty.