S.I. No. 342/1972 - Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Provisional Duty on Dog Food) Order, 1972.


S.I. No. 342 of 1972.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) (PROVISIONAL DUTY ON DOG FOOD) ORDER, 1972.

WHEREAS, during an investigation by An Coimisiún Dumpála under section 7 of the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 (No. 11 of 1968), in relation to goods of the kind specified in Article 2 of the Order following, that Commission recommended to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries that a provisional duty calculated by reference to the rates specified in Article 3 of the Order following be imposed for a period of six months on goods of the kind aforesaid:

NOW I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 of the said Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 , and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions (Order), 1965 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1965 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1965 )) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Provisional Duty on Dog Food) Order, 1972.

2. (1) A provisional duty of an amount calculated by reference to the rates specified in Article 3 of this Order shall be charged, levied and paid between the 31st day of December, 1972, and the 29th day of June, 1973, on tins or cans of food suitable for consumption by dogs or by dogs and other animals, being tins or cans of food produced in whole or in part in, or exported from, the United Kingdom.

(2) In this Article "the United Kingdom" means Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

3. The duty imposed by this Order shall—

(a) in the case of tins or cans aforesaid of a weight not exceeding eight ounces, be at the rate of £0·008 per tin or can,

(b) in the case of tins or cans aforesaid exceeding eight ounces but not exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, be at the rate of £0·016 per tin or can, and

(c) in the case of tins or cans aforesaid exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, be at the rate of £0·032 per tin or can.

4. The duty imposed by this Order is hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of December, 1972.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the imposition of a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports from the United Kingdom of tins or cans of food suitable for consumption by dogs or by dogs and other animals.