S.I. No. 85/1968 - Imposition of Duties (No. 172) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1968.

S.I. No. 85 of 1968.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 172) (CUSTOMS DUTIES AND FORM OF CUSTOMS TARIFF) ORDER, 1968.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and section 22 of the Finance Act, 1962 (No. 15 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 172) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1968.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1968.

3. The Imposition of Duties (No. 159) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 132 of 1966 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of "a rate less than the rate ordinarily chargeable but not less than twenty per cent" for "the rate of twenty per cent or thirty-two and one-half per cent" in paragraph 12.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 23rd day of

April, 1968.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to empower the Minister for Industry and Commerce to vary, in accordance with agreed arrangements, the rates of duty at which fully built-up motor vehicles may be imported by firms engaged in the motor assembly industry.