S.I. No. 137/1938 - Fruit (Regulation of Import) Order, 1938.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1938. No. 137.

FRUIT (REGULATION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1938.

The Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Agricultural Products (Regulation of Import) Act, 1938 (No. 14 of 1938), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Industry and Commerce, orders as follows:—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Fruit (Regulation of Import) Order, 1938.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 19th day of May, 1938.

2. In this Order the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture.

3. This Order applies to each of the following articles—

(a) the pulp or juice wholly or partly derived or prepared from fruit of any of the following descriptions, namely, apples, pears, plums (including damsons, prunes, and greengages), cherries, strawberries, raspberries (including loganberries), currants and gooseberries,

(b) fruit of any of the following descriptions preserved in water, without the addition of sugar or other sweetening matter, namely, apples, pears, plums (including damsons, prunes, and greengages), cherries, strawberries, raspberries (including loganberries), currants and gooseberries.

4. It shall not be lawful to import any article to which this Order applies unless there is delivered to the proper officer of Customs and Excise at the time of importation a licence issued by the Minister under this Order authorising the importation of a quantity of such article not exceeding the quantity so imported and the conditions attached to such licence are complied with.

5. (1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, issue a licence to import a specified quantity of any article, to which this Order applies.

(2) Whenever the Minister issues a licence under this Order, he may attach to such licence any one or more of the following conditions, that is to say:—

(a) a condition that the article to which such licence relates shall be of a specified description.

(b) a condition that such article shall be imported within a specified time or during a specified period,

(c) a condition that such article shall be imported from a specified country,

(d) a condition that such article shall have been produced in a specified country,

(e) a condition that such article shall be imported at a specified port or place or by a specified route,

(f) a condition that such article shall not be imported in more than a specified number of consignments,

(g) a condition that such article shall be imported by a specified person,

(h) such other conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) The Minister may at any time revoke any licence granted under this Order.

6. Any person who imports or attempts to import any article to which this Order relates in contravention of this Order or who aids or abets the importation of any such article in contravention of this Order shall be guilty of an offence under this Order and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, this 18th day of May, 1938.

(Signed) SEÁN Ó BROIN,

An Assistant Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.