S.I. No. 189/1952 - Control of Imports (Quota No. 48) (Woollen and Worsted Yarns) Order, 1952.

S.I. No. 189 of 1952.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 48) (WOOLLEN AND WORSTED YARNS) ORDER, 1952.

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, hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Imports (Quota No. 48) (Woollen and Worsted Yarns) Order, 1952.

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 first day of July, 1952, of yarns and rovings of every description made wholly or partly of wool or wholly or partly of hair is hereby prohibited.

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 imported—

(i) solely for use as samples, or

(ii) temporarily only, or

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

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

(v) 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 (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 twelfth day of August, 1952, is hereby appointed to be the day on which the first quota period under this Order shall commence.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 27th day of June, 1952.

(Signed) ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.