Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937
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Persons entitled to be registered. |
6.—(1) In lieu of sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Principal Act (which is repealed by this Act) it is hereby enacted that whenever and so long as any particular register of importers is maintained in pursuance of sub-section (1) of the said section 7 , there shall be registered and, subject to the provisions of the Principal Act and of this Act, be kept registered in such register every person who applies in the prescribed manner to the Minister for such registration and satisfies the Minister in the prescribed manner— | |
(a) that he is either— | ||
(i) an individual who is a citizen of Saorstát Eireann, or | ||
(ii) a partnership carrying on a business whereof more than half the capital is beneficially owned by an individual who is, or two or more individuals each of whom is, a citizen of Saorstát Eireann, or | ||
(iii) a company which is incorporated under the laws of Saorstát Eireann, or | ||
(iv) a person (not being a person to whom any of the preceding clauses of this paragraph applies) who has, during at least the five consecutive years next preceding the establishment of such register, carried on the business of importing into Saorstát Eireann goods of a description to which the relevant quota order applies, | ||
and that, in any such case, he has a place of business in Saorstát Eireann and carries on or proposes to carry on, at such place of business, a business in connection with or as part of which it is, in the opinion of the Minister, necessary or usual to import goods of a description to which the relevant quota order applies, or | ||
(b) that he is a society, institution, or other body (whether incorporated or not incorporated) formed wholly or mainly to carry on, and actually engaged in carrying on, in Saorstát Eireann a business or other undertaking of a religious, charitable, or sociological character in connection with or as part of which it is, in the opinion of the Minister, necessary or usual to import goods of a description to which the relevant quota order applies, or | ||
(c) that he is a Minister, head of a Department of State, or | ||
(d) that he is a corporation, board, committee, or other body (whether incorporated or not incorporated) established by statute or by order made under statutory authority to exercise generally or locally any function of government (including local government) or to discharge generally or locally public duties in relation to public administration or public service, or | ||
(e) that he is a person holding a licence under the Control of Manufactures Acts, 1932 to 1935, authorising him to carry on in Saorstát Eireann any process in connection with or as part of which it is, in the opinion of the Minister, necessary or usual to import goods of a description to which the relevant quota order applies, or | ||
(f) that he is a person carrying on in Saorstát Eireann a manufacturing undertaking in connection with or as part of which it is, in the opinion of the Minister, necessary or usual to import goods of a description to which the relevant quota order applies. | ||
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the next preceding sub-section of this section, every person who was, immediately before the passing of this Act, registered in a register of importers established and then maintained in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Principal Act shall, on the passing of this Act and without any application by him, be deemed to have been registered in such register under the said next preceding sub-section (whether he does or does not come within any of the paragraphs of that sub-section) and shall, subject to the provisions of the Principal Act and this Act, be kept registered in such register. |