S.I. No. 296/1940 - Control of Imports (Quota No. 42, Second Period) Order, 1940.

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Imports (Quota No. 42, Second Period) Order, 1940.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The period beginning on the 1st day of November, 1940, and ending on the 31st day of January, 1941, is hereby appointed to be the second quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 42) Order, 1940 (which relates to certain woven piece goods of cotton).

4. Nine million square yards of the woven piece goods to which the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 42) Order, 1940, applies shall be the quota in respect of the said second quota period.

5. Of the quota in respect of the said second quota period, eight million, nine hundred thousand square yards shall be woven piece goods which are shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to have been manufactured either in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or in the Dominion of Canada.

Given under the Official Seal of the Government, this 24th day of September, 1940.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1940. No. 296.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 42, SECOND PERIOD) ORDER, 1940.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (2) of

Section 6

of the

Control of Imports Act, 1934

(No. 12 of 1934), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, that so long as any particular quota order is in force the Government shall, during and not less than one month before the end of every quota period under such quota order, by order—

(

a

) appoint a period (beginning at the expiration of the said quota period) to be the next quota period under such quota order, and

(

b

) appoint a specified quantity of goods to which such quota order applies to be the quota for the purposes of the said Act in respect of the said next quota period

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (3) of the said Section 6, as so adapted, that whenever the Government by order made under the said Section 6 appoints a quota, the Government may, if they so think fit, by the same order direct that a specified proportion (in the said Act referred to as a special quota) of the said quota shall consist of goods which are shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners either (as shall be specified in such order)—

(

a

) to have been manufactured or produced in a specified country, or

(

b

) to have been consigned to the importer from a specified country, or

(

c

) to have been manufactured or produced in a specified country and consigned to the importer from that country

AND WHEREAS by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 42, First Period) Order, 1940, the period beginning on the 7th day of August, 1940, and ending on the 31st day of October, 1940, was appointed to be the first quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 42) Order, 1940 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 203 of 1940)

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsections (2) and (3) of

Section 6

of the

Control of Imports Act, 1934

(No. 12 of 1934), 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 :—