S.I. No. 85/1980 - Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

(2) The Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971 (

S.I. No. 143 of 1971

), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971 and 1980.

(3) These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1980.

2. Regulation 3 of the Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971, is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry in the Table thereto of the following

Grade No.

Grade of Fleece Wool

Characteristics of Fleece

Degrees of Fineness

Staple Length

Colour

1

Down and Down Cross

Bradford Count 56/58

Full Fleece

Free from grey and black fibres

2

Pick and Super

Bradford Count 54/58

Full Fleece

Free from grey and black fibres

3

Super Selected and Fine Deeps

Bradford Count 48/54

Full Fleece

free from grey and black fibres

4

Deep Lincoln and Leicester Cross

Bradford Count 44/48

Full Fleece

Free from grey and black fibres

5

Fine Cheviot

Bradford Count 50/56

Full Fleece

Free from grey and black fibres

6

Blackface Mountain Cross and 2nd Cheviot

Bradford Count 40/50

Full Fleece

Free from grey and black fibres

7

Deep Selected and Medium Blackface

Coarse fibre and moderately broad staple

Min. 6" (15 cm)

almost free from black fibres and kemp

8

Short fine White Blackface

Moderately coarse fibre with a fine bottom

Full Fleece

Free or almost free from black fibres and with some kemp present.

9

Blackface Lamb and Blackface 2nd Shear

Irregular

Irregular

With grey and black kempy fibres

Faults in Fleece

10

Matts or Cotts

The ends of the fibres of fleece have become matted together on the flesh side presenting a felted appearance.

11

Winter Stain

Fleece shows bright yellow colour that will not scour out

12

Blue, Rubby or Peaty and Heavy Arable

Fleece contaminated with peat or a high proportion of soil, earth or sand

13

Fine and Strong Grey

Fleece has grey or black fibres but otherwise matches the fleeces described under grade numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and 6

14

Grey Blackface

Fleeces with more black fibres and kemp than the fleeces described under grade numbers 7,8 or 9 but which otherwise match any of the fleeces so described

15

Blackface Mountain Cast

Fleeces showing yellow or brownish soily colouring

In determining the grade of a particular fleece, being a grade specified above, regard shall be had to the characteristics or faults specified in the Table opposite the mention of the grade.

GIVEN under my hand, this 25th day of March, 1980.

LORCAN ALLEN,

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe 15 grades of wool as the minimum to be used by buyers in purchasing fleece wool compared with 22 grades in the 1971 Regulations.

S.I. No. 85 of 1980.

WOOL MARKETING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1980.

I, LORCAN ALLEN, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 11

of the

Wool Marketing Act, 1968

(No. 26 of 1968), and by the Agriculture (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1980 (S.I. No. 80 of 1980), hereby make the following regulations