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S.I. No. 158/1958 - Imposition of Duties (No. 37) (Pot Scourers) Order, 1958.

S.I. No. 158 of 1958.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 37) (POT SCOURERS) 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. 37) (Pot Scourers) Order, 1958.

2. The Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 265) (Pot Scourers) Order, 1951 ( S.I. No. 317 of 1951 ), shall, as respects articles mentioned, as chargeable with duty, in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 3 which are imported on or after the 25th day of July, 1958, have effect as if—

(a) " fifty per cent." were substituted for " thirty-three and one-third per cent." in paragraph 3,

(b) " thirty-three and one-third per cent." were substituted for " twenty-two and two-ninths per cent." in paragraph 4, and

(c) the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph 6 namely :

" 6A. 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 any article mentioned, as chargeable with duty, in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 3 of this Order on payment of the duty imposed by this Order at the rate which obtained immediately before the 25th day of July, 1958, provided that—

(a) application for such licence is made to the Minister for Industry and Commerce on or before the 25th day of August, 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 25th day of July, 1958, and

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 18th day of July, 1958.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for an increase in the Customs duty on pot scourers and pot scourer fabric from 33 1/3% (full) 22 2/9% (U.K. and Canada) ad valorem to 50% (full) 33 1/3% (U.K. and Canada) ad valorem.