S.I. No. 376/1936 - Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour, Import and Export Duties on Horses) Order, 1936.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1936. No. 376.

HARBOUR RATES (CORK HARBOUR, IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES ON HORSES) ORDER, 1936.

THE HARBOUR RATES (CORK HARBOUR, IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES ON HORSES) ORDER, 1936, MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1936, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF SECTION 3 of THE HARBOURS (REGULATION OF RATES) ACT, 1934 .

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934 , that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, if and whenever he thinks fit on the application of the harbour authority for any harbour or on the application of any person who uses or is interested in the use or development of such harbour, or without any such application, by order (in the said Act referred to as a harbour rates order) fix all or any of the rates, or, where he so thinks fit, the maximum rates to be charged by the harbour authority of such harbour, and may for that purpose revoke, modify, alter or extend by such order any statutory or other provision fixing, restricting, or otherwise regulating the rates or maximum or minimum rates chargeable by such harbour authority:

AND WHEREAS the Cork Harbour Commissioners have applied pursuant to Section 4 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934 , to the Minister for Industry and Commerce for a harbour rates order in respect of the Port and Harbour of Cork fixing maximum import and export rates in lieu of the existing rates respecting horses, mares, geldings or ponies:

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce has pursuant to the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934 , given notice dated 21st October, 1936, of his proposal to make such order to the Cork Harbour Commissioners, and has given the directions mentioned in that sub-section in respect of the notice required thereby to be published by the said Commissioners:

AND WHEREAS the Cork Harbour Commissioners have duly published such notice, and such notice has contained the directions mentioned in sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the said Act as regards making objections and representations to the Minister for Industry and Commerce in respect of such proposed order:

NOW THEREFORE the Minister for Industry and Commerce in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934 , and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling hereby orders as follows, that is to say:—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Harbour Rates (Cork Harbour, Import and Export duties on Horses) Order, 1936.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 , applies to the interpretation of this order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. The Schedule to the Cork Harbour Act, 1933 , shall be and it is hereby amended by the omission of the following words and figures now contained therein, namely—

	Rates, Duties and Dues
	Import		Export
	s.	d.	s.	d.
"Horses, Mares, Geldings or Ponies each	5	0	4	0"

and by the inclusion in lieu thereof of the following words and figures, namely—

	Rates, Duties and Dues
Import		Export
	s.	d.	s.	d.
"Horses, Mares, Geldings, or Ponies exceeding 10 hands each	5	0	4	0
Ponies not exceeding 10 hands each	1	3	0	10"

and the said Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

4. This Order shall take effect from the 9th day of December, 1936.

By Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Dated this 5th day of December, 1936.

JOHN LEYDON, Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.