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S.I. No. 49/1958 - Imposition of Duties (No. 20) (Berets) Order, 1958.

S.I. No. 49 of 1958.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 20) (BERETS) ORDER, 1958.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 20) (Berets) Order, 1958.

2. The Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 267) (Personal Clothing and Wearing Apparel) Order, 1951 ( S.I. No. 357 of 1951 ), shall, as respects articles imported on or after the 28th day of February, 1958, have effect as if—

(a) the following Article were inserted :

"11. Whenever the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister for Industry and Commerce, so thinks proper, the Revenue Commissioners may by licence authorise any particular person, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, to import berets and other similar articles, other than berets and other similar articles made wholly or mainly of felt or felted material, on payment of the duty imposed thereon by this Order at the rate which obtained immediately before the 28th day of February, 1958, provided that—

(a) application for such licence is made to the Minister for Industry and Commerce on or before the 31st day of March, 1958.

(b) it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister for Industry and Commerce that the articles which are the subject of such application were in transit or on order immediately before the 28th day of February, 1958, and

(c) the period of validity of any such licence does not exceed three months."

(b) in Part III of the Schedule at reference number 14 " made wholly or mainly of felt or felted material " (inserted by the said Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 318) (Berets) Order, 1953) were deleted.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 21st day of February, 1958.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order imposes a minimum rate of customs duty of 5/712d. (full), 3/9d. (preferential—U.K. and Canada) the article on berets and other similar articles not made wholly or mainly of felt or felted material.