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S.I. No. 98/1959 - Imposition of Duties (No. 67) (Vitreous Enamelled Hollow-Ware of Wrought Iron Or Wrought Steel) Order, 1959

S.I. No. 98 of 1959.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (NO. 67) (VITREOUS ENAMELLED HOLLOW-WARE OF WROUGHT IRON OR WROUGHT STEEL) ORDER, 1959

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. 67) (Vitreous Enamelled Hollow-ware of Wrought Iron or Wrought Steel) Order, 1959.

2. The duty of customs imposed by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 73) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 405 of 1935 ), shall, as respects articles imported on or after the 9th day of June, 1959, be varied by the substitution of "whichever of the following rates produces in respect of each particular article the greater amount of duty, that is to say, the rate of an amount equal to sixty per cent. of the value of the article or three shillings and ninepence the article" for "the rate of an amount equal to sixty per cent of the value of the article" in paragraph 3.

3. The duty of customs imposed by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 219) Order, 1941 ( S. R. & O. No. 181 of 1941 ), shall, as respects articles imported on or after the 9th day of June, 1959, be varied by—

(a) the substitution of "three shillings and ninepence" for "one shilling" in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 4, and

(b) the substitution of "two shillings and sixpence" for " six pence" in clause (ii) of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 6.

4. 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 chargeable with the duty imposed by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 73) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 405 of 1935 ), or the duty imposed by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 219), Order, 1941 ( S. R. & O. No. 181 of 1941 ), on payment, at the rate which obtained immediately before the 9th day of June, 1959, of whichever of the aforesaid duties is chargeable on the article.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 2nd day of June, 1959.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides for the imposition of a minimum specific Customs duty of 3/9d. (full), 2/6d. (preferential) per article on certain articles of iron and steel vitreous enamelled hollow-ware.