3.—(1) The Minister may from time to time, after consultation with the Minister for Finance, prescribe the rate of levy to be paid on salmon for export and the manner of payment.
(2) Different rates of levy may be prescribed for different periods.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the rate of levy shall not exceed twopence per lb.
(4) The Minister may from time to time by order provide that the levy may be prescribed at a specified rate exceeding twopence per lb. but no such order shall have effect unless and until it is confirmed by resolution of each House of the Oireachtas.
