Finance Act, 1934
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Duty on boots and shoes. |
9.—(1) In lieu of the duty imposed by section 4 of the Finance (Customs Duties) (No. 2) Act, 1932 (No. 11 of 1932), as amended by subsequent enactments, there shall be charged, levied, and paid on every of the articles mentioned in the second column of the Second Schedule to this Act imported into Saorst[html]t Eireann on or after the 10th day of May, 1934, a duty of customs at the rate (save as is hereinafter otherwise provided) stated in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the article in the said second column. | |
(2) Duty at the rate of sixpence per boot or shoe (as the case may be) shall be the minimum duty chargeable by virtue of this section in respect of boots and shoes of any description which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, have, before importation, been substantially worn or otherwise used outside Saorst[html]t Eireann by a person other than the importer or the members of his family or household, and accordingly the duty imposed by this section shall, in respect of all such boots and shoes, be charged at whichever of the following rates produces in each particular case the greater amount of duty, that is to say, the appropriate rate mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act or the said rate of sixpence per boot or shoe. | ||
(3) The duty imposed by this section shall not be charged or levied on shaped rubber soles or shaped rubber heels which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, are designed, constructed, and intended for use for attachment to the soles or heels of complete boots or shoes and are, in the opinion aforesaid, capable only of being so used, and the said duty shall also not be charged or levied on component parts of such shaped rubber soles or such shaped rubber heels as aforesaid. | ||
(4) Whenever the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister for Industry and Commerce, is satisfied that any component parts (chargeable with the duty imposed by this section) of boots or shoes are required to be imported into Saorst[html]t Eireann by any person before the 1st day of July, 1935, for use in the manufacture in Saorst[html]t Eireann of boots or shoes, the Revenue Commissioners may by licence authorise such person, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, to import, before the said 1st day of July, 1935, and without payment of the said duty, any such component parts as aforesaid either, as the Revenue Commissioners shall think proper, with or without limit or restriction as to quantity, class, or otherwise. | ||
(5) In this section and in the Second Schedule to this Act, the word “boot” includes any external footwear which extends above the ankle of the wearer, and the word “shoe” includes slipper, golosh, sandal, clog, and any other external footwear which does not extend above the ankle of the wearer. |