Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937
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Power to issue licences in excess of a quota. |
14.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act or this Act, the Minister shall have an over-riding power to issue to any person a special licence to import, during any specified period, a specified quantity of goods of any particular kind the importation of which is for the time being prohibited by virtue of section 5 of the Principal Act, and it shall be lawful for the Minister to exercise such over-riding power whenever he thinks proper so to do. | |
(2) The Minister may attach to a licence issued under this section such conditions as he shall think proper and shall specify in such licence. | ||
(3) Every licence issued under this section shall operate to authorise the person named therein to import into Saorstát Eireann goods in accordance with the terms of such licence, but subject to due compliance with the law for the time being in force in relation to the importation of such goods and, in particular, the payment of the duties of customs (if any) chargeable on such importation. | ||
(4) Goods for the importation of which a licence is issued under this section shall not be reckoned as part of any quota fixed under the Principal Act. | ||
(5) As soon as may be after the expiration of every quota period in respect of any quota order, the Minister shall lay before Dáil Eireann a statement showing the number of licences (if any) issued under this section during such quota period in respect of goods to which such quota order applies, and showing, in respect of every such licence, the person to whom it was issued, the quantity of goods thereby authorised to be imported, the period thereby limited for such importation, and such other matters relating to such licence as the Minister shall think proper to include in such statement. |