S.I. No. 328/1949 - Control of Imports (Quota No. 43) Order, 1949.

S.I. No. 328 of 1949.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 43) ORDER, 1949.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the Control of Imports Acts, 1934 and 1937, as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Imports (Quota No. 43) Order, 1949.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. Subject to the exceptions and qualifications mentioned in paragraph 4 of this Order, the importation on or after the 1st day of January, 1950, of any of the articles mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is hereby prohibited, but such prohibition shall not extend or apply to any of the articles mentioned in Part II of the said Schedule.

4. The prohibition effected by paragraph 3 of this Order shall not extend or apply to—

(a) articles which are imported under and in accordance with a licence in that behalf issued under the Control of Imports Acts, 1934 and 1937, or

(b) articles to which this Order is precluded from applying by section 4 of the Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937 , or

(c) articles which are shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to be designed, constructed and intended solely for use for scientific purposes, or

(d) articles which are shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to be imported—

(i) solely for use as samples or models, or

(ii) for use exclusively in a stage play or other dramatic or musical representation or performance, or

(iii) for further manufacture and subsequent exportation, or

(iv) solely for the purpose of any competition, exhibition, show or demonstration or any similar purpose and are not intended to be sold or offered for sale in the State, or

(v) temporarily only, or

(vi) by passengers as part of their personal effects in quantities which are reasonable having regard to the circumstances, or

(vii) as a gift from a person outside the State to a person resident in the State, or

(viii) for such purposes and in such circumstances that the importation thereof without payment of any duty of customs could lawfully be permitted by virtue of section 17 or of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (h) of section 18 of the Finance Act, 1936 (No. 31 of 1936), or of section 18 of the Finance Act, 1946 (No. 15 of 1946).

5. The 11th day of February, 1950, is hereby appointed to be the day on which the first quota period under this Order shall commence.

6. (1) The Control of Imports (Quota No. 39) Order, 1940 ( S. R. & O. No. 200 of 1940 ), is hereby revoked.

(2) This paragraph shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1950.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Articles the Importation of which is Prohibited by this Order.

Woven piece goods containing more than sixty per cent. by weight of cotton which either—

(a) are of a type ordinarily used in the manufacture of bed ticks or of bed mattresses, or

(b) are not less than forty-five inches in width and are of a type ordinarily used in the manufacture of bed sheets, or

(c) (i) are not less than three ounces in weight per square yard, and

(ii) are not terry, and

(iii) are without pattern in colour, and

(iv) are of a type, other than double texture collar cloth, ordinarily used in the manufacture of shirts or pyjamas, or

(d) (i) are not less than three ounces in weight per square yard, and

(ii) are not terry, and

(iii) are of a type ordinarily used in the manufacture of dungarees or similar protective garments, or

(e) are tabling, or

(f) are nurse cloths.

PART II.

Articles excepted from the Prohibition of Importation effected by this Order.

1. Woven piece goods the importation of which is prohibited by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 13) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 59 of 1935 ), as amended by subsequent Orders made, whether before or after the date of this Order, under the Control of Imports Acts, 1934 and 1937.

2. Woven piece goods which are without pattern in colour and are of a type ordinarily used in the manufacture of shirts or pyjamas, and which contain not less than 15 per cent. by weight of wool.

3. Woven piece goods which are coated or covered with rubber or rubber solution on one or both sides and are of a type ordinarily used in the manufacture of bed sheets.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 13th day of December, 1949.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.