S.I. No. 288/1937 - Control of Imports (Quota No. 37) Order, 1937.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1937. No. 288.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 37) ORDER, 1937.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 3 of the Control of Imports Act, 1934 (No. 12 of 1934), that the Executive Council may at any time by order (in that Act called a quota order) prohibit, subject to the provisions of the said Act, the importation into Saorstát Eireann on or after a specified day (in that Act referred to as the commencement of such order) not prior to the date of such order of any particular description or descriptions of goods, and that the Executive Council shall, in and by every quota order, appoint the day (not more than six weeks after the commencement of such order) on which the first quota period under such quota order shall commence :

AND WHEREAS the said Control of Imports Act, 1934 , was amended in certain respects by the Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937 (No. 8 of 1937) :

NOW, the Executive Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the Control of Imports Acts, 1934 and 1937, and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Imports (Quota No. 37) Order, 1937.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. In this Order the word " girls " does not include infants.

4. Subject to the exceptions and qualifications mentioned in the next following paragraph of this Order, the importation into Saorstát Eireann on or after the 13th day of November, 1937, of any of the following articles is hereby prohibited, that is to say :—

(a) hats or caps which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, are wholly or substantially manufactured and are either suitable for wear by women or suitable for wear by girls ;

(b) hoods or shapes which are, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, either suitable for use in the manufacture of hats suitable for wear by women or suitable for use in the manufacture of hats suitable for wear by girls and (in either case) have, in the opinion aforesaid, been subjected to any process of blocking, shaping, cutting, or to any other process of manufacture.

5. The prohibition effected by the next preceding paragraph of this Order shall not extend or apply to—

(a) articles which are imported under and in accordance with a licence in that behalf issued under the Control of Imports Acts, 1934 and 1937, or

(b) articles to which this Order is precluded, by section 4 of the Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937 , from applying, or

(c) articles which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners—

(i) are made wholly or mainly of one, or a combination of two or more, of the following fabrics, that is to say, fabric which is woven fabric or is knitted fabric or is lace and (in any case) consists wholly or mainly of wool, cotton, hair, flax, jute, ramie, hemp, silk, or artificial silk or of a combination of any two or more of those materials, or

(ii) are made wholly or mainly of leather or of skin or of imitation leather or of imitation skin or of a combination of any two or more of those materials, or

(iii) are made wholly or mainly of fur, or

(iv) are made wholly or mainly of rubber or of imitation rubber or of any proofed material or of a combination of any two or more of those substances, or

(v) are guards or protectors and are designed, constructed, and intended for use in a game or sport, or

(d) articles which are shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be imported—

(i) solely for use as articles of fancy dress, or

(ii) for use exclusively in a stage play or other dramatic or musical representation or performance, or

(iii) solely for use as samples, or

(iv) by a passenger as part of his personal effects in quantities which are reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the case, or

(e) articles which the Revenue Commissioners, by virtue of section 38 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932), or section 12 of the Finance (Customs Duties) (No. 4) Act, 1932 (No. 34 of 1932), or section 17 or paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 18 of the Finance Act, 1936 (No. 31 of 1936), permit to be imported without payment of any duty of customs.

6. The 20th day of December, 1937, is hereby appointed to be the day on which the first quota period under this Order shall commence.

DUBLIN.

This 12th day of November, 1937.