S.I. No. 279/1966 - Customs-Free Airport (Extension of Laws) (No. 2) Regulations, 1966.

S.I. No. 279 of 1966.

CUSTOMS-FREE AIRPORT (EXTENSION OF LAWS) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1966.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 of the Customs-free Airport Act, 1947 (No. 5 of 1947) (as amended by section 11 of the Customs-free Airport (Amendment) Act, 1958 (No. 29 of 1958)), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs-free Airport (Extension of Laws) (No. 2) Regulations, 1966.

2. The Exchange Control (No. 2) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 252 of 1966 ), shall extend to the Customs-free Airport.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of December, 1966.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 22nd day of December, 1966.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations extend to the Customs-free Airport the Exchange Control (No. 2) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 252 of 1966 ).

The Exchange Control (No. 2) Regulations, 1966, amend for the purposes of the Exchange Control Acts, 1954 to 1962 the list of scheduled territories (i.e. Sterling Area) by excluding Burma and adding the newly independent States of Guyana, Botswana and Lesotho. These three countries were formerly known as British Guiana, Bechuanaland and Basutoland, respectively, and had been included in the general headings for British territories.

The regulations also add the American Express Company Incorporated and the Investment Bank of Ireland Limited to the list of authorised dealers in foreign exchange.