S.I. No. 85/1961 - Imposition of Duties (Floor Coverings) Order, 1961.

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Floor Coverings) Order, 1961.

2. None of the following duties of customs shall be charged or levied on articles which are imported on or after the 3rd day of May, 1961, and before the 1st day of May, 1962, and consist of pieces of floor covering of which the greatest dimension does not exceed forty-two inches, that is to say

(

a

) the duty of customs imposed by section 5 of and mentioned at reference number 8 in the First Schedule to the

Finance Act, 1937

(No. 18 of 1937) ;

(

b

) the duty of customs imposed by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 271) (Hard Floor Coverings) Order, 1952 (

S.I. No. 30 of 1952

) ;

(

c

) the duty of customs imposed by paragraph 3 of and mentioned at reference number 32 in the First Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 28) (Special Import Levies and Miscellaneous Customs Duties) Order, 1958

S.I. No. 92 of 1958

).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of April 1961.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 26th day of April, 1961.

JOHN LYNCH.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the above Order is to exempt from Customs duty pieces of hard-surfaced floor coverings the greatest dimension of which does not exceed 42 inches, which are imported before 1st May, 1962.

S.I. No. 85 of 1961.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (FLOOR COVERINGS) ORDER, 1961.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

Imposition of Duties Act, 1957

(No. 7 of 1957), and with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, hereby order as follows