FINANCE (CUSTOMS DUTIES) ACT, 1931

AN ACT TO CHARGE AND IMPOSE CERTAIN DUTIES OF CUSTOMS, TO GRANT CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DUTY ON WOVEN TISSUES OF WOOL OR WORSTED, AND TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISIONS IN CONNECTION WITH FINANCE. [21st May, 1931.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

1 Duty on Butter.

1.—(1) A customs duty at the rate of fourpence the pound shall be charged, levied, and paid on all butter imported into Saorstát Eireann on or after the 23rd day of January, 1931.

• (2) Whenever the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that any butter which but for this sub-section would be chargeable with the duty mentioned in this section is imported for use by the importer in the manufacture by him in Saorstát Eireann of articles of food mainly for exportation, the Revenue Commissioners may, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, permit such butter to be imported without payment of the duty mentioned in this section.

• (3) Whenever the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that any butter which bat for this sub-section would be chargeable with the duty mentioned in this section complies with all the following conditions, that is to say:—

• (a) it is imported from Northern Ireland by a farmer resident in Northern Ireland; and

• (b) it was made by the importer from the milk of his own cows; and

• (c) the quantity imported by any one importer on any one day does not exceed fifty-six pounds; and

• (d) it is imported for sale by the importer in a market town and is imported on a day which is a market day in that town;

the Revenue Commissioners may, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, permit such butter to be imported without payment of the duty mentioned in this section.

• (4) Whenever the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that any butter which but for this sub-section would be chargeable with the duty mentioned in this section complies with all the following conditions, that is to say:—

• (a) it either was manufactured in a creamery in Northern Ireland or was manufactured in a creamery in Saorstát Eireann and exported to Northern Ireland, and

• (b) it is imported directly from a creamery in Northern Ireland or a cream separating station in Northern Ireland by a farmer who is resident in Saorstát Eireann and is a shareholder in such creamery or such cream separating station (as the case may be) and is a supplier of milk from his own cows on his farm in Saorstát Eireann to such creamery or cream separating station (as the case may be), and

• (c) it is so imported by such farmer for his own household use, and

• (d) the quantity so imported by such farmer in any one week does not exceed seven pounds,

the Revenue Commissioners may, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, permit such butter to be imported without payment of the duty mentioned in this section.

• (5) In relation to butter chargeable with the duty mentioned in this section, section 6 of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1879, shall have effect subject to the modification that the period of one month from the time of exportation shall be substituted for the period of five years from the time of exportation mentioned in the said section 6.

2 Exemptions from duty on woven tissues of wool or worsted.

2.—(1) Sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Finance (Customs and Stamp Duties) Act, 1929 (No. 5 of 1929), shall, in respect of woven tissues imported into Saorstát Eireann on or within three years after the 5th day of March, 1931, be construed and have effect as if the words “two shillings” were inserted therein in lieu of the words “two shillings and sixpence” now by virtue of sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Finance Act, 1929 (No. 32 of 1929), contained therein.

• (2) Sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Finance Act, 1929, shall not apply to any woven tissues to which sub-section (1) of this section applies.

3 Care and management of duties.

3.—All duties imposed by this Act are hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.

4 Short title and construction.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Finance (Customs Duties) Act, 1931.

• (2) This Act shall be construed together with the Customs Acts.