Industrial Development (Encouragement of External Investment) Act, 1958
In short
This law, the Industrial Development (Encouragement of External Investment) Act, 1958, amends previous laws from 1932 and 1934 to encourage external investment in industrial development. It primarily focuses on easing restrictions on manufacturing processes for certain companies and commodities.
What it regulates
- The definition of a "manufacturing process" for the purposes of this Act.
- Conditions under which certain commodities can be declared "excepted commodities" by the Minister.
- The criteria for a company to be considered an "excluded company."
- Amendments to Section 9 of the Control of Manufactures Act, 1934, regarding who can carry on manufacturing.
Who it concerns
- Companies, whether established in or outside the State, that carry on manufacturing processes.
- The Minister, who can declare certain commodities as "excepted commodities."
Key points
- A manufacturing process includes making, altering, ornamenting, finishing, or adapting a commodity for sale using mechanical power.
- The Minister can declare a commodity an "excepted commodity" if it's not manufactured in the State, or not to a substantial extent.
- A company can be an "excluded company" if it's an Irish public company limited by shares, managed and controlled in the State, primarily aims for export, and has at least 50% of each class of voting shares publicly subscribed in the State and made available primarily to Irish citizens or companies, with a Stock Exchange quotation.
- A company can lawfully carry on a manufacturing process if it primarily exports and its home market sales are incidental (not more than 10% of total output), or if it is an excluded company, or holds a certificate of exemption, or is a qualified company, or has fixed assets not exceeding five thousand pounds in value, among other conditions.
Legal text
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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1958 Industrial Development (Encouragement of External Investment) Act, 1958 Industrial Development (Encouragement of External Investment) Act, 1958 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 16 of 1958. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (ENCOURAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL INVESTMENT) ACT, 1958. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Interpretation generally. 2. Manufacturing processes. 3. Excepted commodities. 4. Excluded companies. 5. Amendment of section 9 of the Act of 1934. 6. Certificates of exemption. 7. Conditions of new manufacture licence. 8. Amendments of section 14 of the Act of 1934. 9. Cesser of power of making orders under section 17 of the Act of 1934. 10. Restriction on institution of proceedings under section 9 of the Act of 1934. 11. Non-application of the Act of 1932, the Act of 1934 and this Act. 12. Status of Ministers of State as shareholders. 13. Repeals. 14. Short title. FIRST SCHEDULE Qualified Companies And Qualified Businesses SECOND SCHEDULE Exempted 1932 Business In Respect Of Carrying On A Particular Manufacturing Proces THIRD SCHEDULE Enactments Repealed Acts Referred to Control of Manufactures Act, 1932 No. 21 of 1932 Control of Manufactures Act, 1934 No. 36 of 1934 Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 No. 42 of 1934 Hire Purchase Act, 1946 No. 16 of 1946 Number 16 of 1958. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (ENCOURAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL INVESTMENT) ACT, 1958.* AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONTROL OF MANUFACTURES ACTS, 1932 AND 1934. [2nd July, 1958.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Interpretation generally. 1.—
- a)an Irish citizen, or (
- b)a person born in the State, or (
- c)a person who at the relevant time was or is and for not less than five consecutive years immediately preceding that time had or has been ordinarily resident in the State; “qualified (1934 Act) person” means a person being— (
- a)an Irish citizen, or (
- b)a person born in the State, or (
- c)a person who at the relevant time was or is and for not less than five consecutive years immediately preceding the 2nd day of July, 1934, had been ordinarily resident in the State; “the State” includes the area now comprised in the State.
- a)the making, by the use of mechanical power, of a commodity, (
- b)the altering, by the use of mechanical power, of a commodity, (
- c)the ornamenting, by the use of mechanical power, of a commodity, (
- d)the finishing, by the use of mechanical power, of a commodity, (
- e)the adapting for sale, by the use of mechanical power, of a commodity. Excepted commodities. 3.—
- a)the Dublin Stock Exchange, or (
- b)the Cork Stock Exchange.
- a)that it is a public company limited by shares and is an Irish company, (
- b)that it is managed and controlled in the State, (
- c)that its Memorandum of Association and every prospectus issued by it after the date of the passing of this Act provide that the carrying on of a manufacturing process in relation to a commodity intended for export is a principal object, (
- d)that, of each class of shares carrying voting rights issued by it, not less than fifty per cent. have been bona fide issued for public subscription in the State and have been made available primarily to Irish citizens or Irish companies which are managed and controlled in the State, (
- e)that in respect of each of such class of shares a quotation has been granted by a Stock Exchange.
- a)the company shall in its application state whether it does or does not claim that it has in respect of that class of shares complied with the condition set out in paragraph (
- d)of subsection
- b)if the company so claims in its application, then— (
- i)the company shall furnish to that Stock Exchange such information, in relation to that class of shares, as that Stock Exchange may require to enable it to determine whether such claim is or is not well-founded, (
- ii)if the company fails to furnish that information or if that Stock Exchange is not satisfied that the claim is well-founded, it shall not grant a quotation in respect of that class of shares, (iii) if that Stock Exchange grants a quotation in respect of that class of shares, the company shall, as regards that class of shares, be taken to have complied with the conditions set out in the said paragraph (d). Amendment of section 9 of the Act of 1934. 5.—
- a)such company carries on business primarily for export and sales by it on the home market of each commodity in respect of which it carries on any manufacturing process are incidental only to its export trade in that commodity, or (
- b)such company is an excluded company, or (
- c)such company is the holder of a certificate of exemption granted under section 6 of this Act and such manufacturing process is carried on under the authority conferred by such certificate of exemption, or (
- d)such company is a qualified company within the meaning of Part I of the First Schedule to this Act, or (
- e)such business— (
- i)was carried on continuously in the State between the 2nd day of July, 1934, and the relevant time, and (
- ii)is, at the relevant time, a qualified business within the meaning of Part II of the First Schedule to this Act, or (
- f)such business— (
- i)was carried on continuously in the State between the 1st day of June, 1932, and the relevant time, and (
- ii)is an exempted 1932 business in respect of the carrying on at the relevant time of such manufacturing process, within the meaning of the Second Schedule to this Act, or (
- g)such company is the holder of a new manufacture licence granted (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the Act of 1932, and such manufacturing process is carried on under the authority conferred by such new manufacture licence, or (
- h)the fixed assets used in the business of such company do not exceed five thousand pounds in value, or (
- i)such manufacturing process is carried on in the course of or as part of a business carried on by a receiver or manager appointed by a court in continuation of the business of a company which would, if such manufacturing process had been carried on immediately before such receiver or manager commenced to carry on such business, have been lawfully entitled, under any of the foregoing paragraphs of this subsection, to carry on such manufacturing process in the course of or as part of such business.
- a)This subsection applies to a company which for the time being complies with the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to this Act. (
- b)Where a company to which this subsection applies sends to the Minister, before the appointed day, a statutory declaration, signed by all its directors, stating that on the 1st day of May, 1958 or within one year immediately preceding that date it carried on a particular manufacturing process in relation to a particular commodity, then, notwithstanding anything in section 9 of the Act of 1934, it shall be lawful for the company to continue, on and after the appointed day, to carry on such manufacturing process in relation to such commodity.
- a)references to a person shall be construed as references to a company and not to an individual, (
- b)the reference, in subsection
- a)if such company ceases to carry on such manufacturing process—on the date of such cesser, or (
- b)if such certificate is revoked under subsection
- a)The Minister shall establish and maintain a register (in this subsection referred to as the register) of certificates of exemption granted under this section. (
- b)There shall be entered in the register, in respect of each certificate of exemption granted, the following particulars— (
- i)the name of the company to which such certificate was issued, (
- ii)the commodity to which such certificate relates, (iii) the manufacturing process authorised by such certificate to be carried on. (
- c)The register shall be kept at the office of the Minister in Dublin and shall be there open to inspection by any interested person, on payment of one shilling, at such times as the Minister may direct. Conditions of new manufacture licence. 7.—
- a)The Minister may from time to time serve notice in writing on any body corporate requiring such body corporate within twenty-eight days after the service of the notice to furnish a return stating— (
- i)the value on a specified date of the fixed assets then used in its business, and (
- ii)the original cost of those fixed assets. (
- b)A notice under paragraph (
- a)of this subsection may also require the body corporate on which the notice is served to include in the return to be made by it, particulars (including nil particulars) of the following— (
- i)the amount of any grant made to it out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas or by any body established by or under any enactment, (
- ii)the amount of its reserves in so far as they have been provided out of profits, (iii) any amounts due by it in respect of hire-purchase agreements, within the meaning of the Hire Purchase Act, 1946 (No. 16 of 1946), covering periods of not more than five years, (
- iv)the amount of any loans for the time being unpaid made to it in respect of which the Minister has given a guarantee, (
- v)the amount of any loans for the time being unpaid made to it by Irish citizens, or bodies corporate which at the date of the return are exempted from the operation of section 9 of this Act, as amended by section 5 of the Industrial Development (Encouragement of External Investment) Act, 1958, by virtue of paragraph (d), (
- e)or (
- f)of subsection
- vi)the amount of any loans for the time being outstanding made to it by the Industrial Credit Company, Limited, or the payment of which has been guaranteed by that Company. (
- c)A notice under paragraph (
- a)of this subsection may also require the return, which is to be made in pursuance of the notice, to be verified in such one or both of the following ways (as may be specified in the notice)— (
- i)by a statutory declaration made by a person having personal knowledge of the facts, (
- ii)by a certificate signed by such a person having personal knowledge of the facts.”.
- i)the references to a national of Saorstát Éireann shall be construed as references to a qualified (1932 Act) person, and (
- ii)the references to a qualified person shall be construed as references to a qualified (1934 Act) person; (
- c)in subsection
- a)the Minister shall not, during the period commencing on the date on which notice of the application was given to the Minister and ending six months after the determination of the application, institute proceedings under section 9 of the Act of 1934 in respect of an alleged contravention, as respects the carrying on by the company of that manufacturing process, of the said section 9; (
- b)for the purposes of paragraph 4 of section 10 of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, the said period shall not, as regards the institution of such proceedings, be taken into account in computing the six months mentioned in the said paragraph 4. Non-application of the Act of 1932, the Act of 1934 and this Act. 11.—Neither the Act of 1932 nor the Act of 1934 nor this Act shall apply to— (
- a)the process of milling wheat, or (
- b)the adapting for sale at a mill of any product of wheat milled at such mill, or (
- c)agriculture, or (
- d)the altering by a retailer of any article intended to be sold retail by him, or (
- e)the doing, under and in accordance with a licence granted under Part III of the Act of 1934, of anything authorised to be done under such licence in relation to any commodity which is for the time being a reserved commodity within the meaning of the said Part III, or (
- f)the process of manufacturing cement which is Roman cement, Portland cement or other hydraulic cement, or the adapting for sale at a factory of any such cement manufactured at such factory, or (
- g)any act or thing done by Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann, Teoranta, or (
- h)any business which is carried on under and in accordance with a licence granted under Part VII of the Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 (No. 42 of 1934). Status of Ministers of State as shareholders. 12.—
- a)its issued shares are then, to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) thereof, in the beneficial ownership of persons who are then qualified (1934 Act) persons, and (
- b)at least two-thirds (in nominal value) of every class of its issued shares carrying voting rights (whether immediate or to arise in certain future circumstances) are then in the beneficial ownership of persons who are then qualified (1934 Act) persons.
- a)its issued shares are then, to an extent exceeding one half (in nominal value) thereof, in the beneficial ownership of a person who is or two or more persons each of whom is then either a qualified (1934 Act) person or a company which is then a qualified holding (A) company, and (
- b)at least two-thirds (in nominal value) of every class of its issued shares carrying voting rights (whether immediate or to arise in certain future circumstances) are then in the beneficial ownership of a person who is or two or more persons each of whom is then either a qualified (1934 Act) person or a company which is then a qualified holding (A) company. 2. Subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule, a company shall, for the purposes of paragraph (
- d)of subsection
- a)its issued shares are then to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) thereof in the beneficial ownership of a person who is or two or more persons each of whom is then either a qualified (1934 Act) person or a company which is then a qualified holding (A) company or a qualified holding (B) company; and (
- b)at least two-thirds in nominal value of each class of its issued shares carrying voting rights (whether immediate or to arise in certain future circumstances) are then in the beneficial ownership of a person who is or two or more persons each of whom is then either a qualified (1934 Act) person or a company which is then a qualified holding (A) company or a qualified holding (B) company; and (
- c)the majority of its directors (other than a managing director who gives the whole of his time to his duties in that capacity and is not a qualified (1932 Act) person) consist of persons who are then qualified (1932 Act) persons. 3.
- a)the amount of any grant made to it out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas or by any body established by or under any enactment, (
- b)the amount of its reserves in so far as they have been provided out of profits, (
- c)any amounts due by it in respect of hire-purchase agreements, within the meaning of the Hire Purchase Act, 1946 (No. 16 of 1946), covering periods of not more than five years, (
- d)the amount of any loans then outstanding made to it in respect of which the Minister has given a guarantee, (
- e)the amount of any loans then outstanding made to it by Irish citizens or companies which are then exempted from the operation of section 9 of the Act of 1934, as amended by section 5 of this Act, by virtue of paragraph (d), (
- e)or (
- f)of subsection
- a)Where— (
- i)at a particular time any shares of a company are held by a company (in this clause referred to as the holding company) which is then a qualified holding (A) company or a qualified holding (B) company, and (
- ii)those shares exceed in nominal value the then paid up share capital of the holding company, then, for the purposes of subparagraph
- b)Where— (
- i)at a particular time any shares of a then qualified holding (B) company are held by a then qualified holding (A) company, and (
- ii)those shares exceed in nominal value the then paid up share capital of that qualified holding (A) company, then, for the purposes of clause (
- a)of this subparagraph, the excess shall be excluded in computing the paid up share capital of that qualified holding (B) company. Part II. Qualified Businesses. 4. A business shall, for the purposes of paragraph (
- e)of subsection
- a)it was on the 2nd day of July, 1934, owned by a company the issued shares of which were on the 2nd day of July, 1934, to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) thereof in the beneficial ownership of a person who was or two or more persons each of whom was on the 2nd day of July, 1934, either a qualified (1932 Act) person or a company the issued shares of which were on the 2nd day of July, 1934, to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) thereof in the beneficial ownership of persons who were on the 2nd day of July, 1934, qualified (1932 Act) persons, and (
- b)it is then owned by a company the issued shares of which are then to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) in the beneficial ownership of a person who is or two or more persons each of whom is then either a qualified (1932 Act) person or a company the issued shares of which are then to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) thereof in the beneficial ownership of qualified (1932 Act) persons. Part III. Provisions supplementary to Parts I and II. 5. The provisions set out in the subsequent paragraphs of this Schedule shall apply for the purposes of Parts I and II of this Schedule. 6. Where an individual who is either a qualified (1932 Act) person or a qualified (1934 Act) person dies and is at the time of his death the beneficial owner of any shares in a company, the following provisions shall have effect— (
- a)such shares shall, until the grant of probate of his will or letters of administration of his personal estate, be deemed to continue, in case he was a qualified (1932 Act) person, in the beneficial ownership of a qualified (1932 Act) person or, in case he was a qualified (1934 Act) person, in the beneficial ownership of a qualified (1934 Act) person, (
- b)upon the said grant being made, the personal representative for the time being of such individual shall, so long as he is entitled to such shares in his representative capacity, be deemed— (
- i)to be the beneficial owner of such shares, and (
- ii)in case such individual was a qualified (1932 Act) person and such personal representative is not—to be a qualified (1932 Act) person, (iii) in case such individual was a qualified (1934 Act) person and such personal representative is not—to be a qualified (1934 Act) person. 7. Where— (
- a)an individual who is either a qualified (1932 Act) person or a qualified (1934 Act) person becomes a bankrupt or carries an arrangement with his creditors, and (
- b)such individual was at the time of his bankruptcy or arrangement the beneficial owner of any shares in a company, and (
- c)his interest in such shares becomes vested in his assignee in bankruptcy or a trustee of the estate of such individual, then, so long as1 such interest remains so vested, the following provisions shall have effect— (
- i)such shares shall be deemed to be in the beneficial ownership of such assignee or trustee, (
- ii)in case such individual is a qualified (1932 Act) person and such assignee or trustee is not—such assignee or trustee shall be deemed to be a qualified (1932 Act) person, (iii) in case such individual is a qualified (1934 Act) person and such assignee or trustee is not—such assignee or trustee shall be deemed to be a qualified (1934 Act) person. 8.
- Where the issued shares of a company are transferred to a bank, being a body corporate, by way of security for an advance, and such bank is registered as the owner of such shares in the register of shareholders of such company, such transfer and registration shall be deemed not to operate to transfer the ownership of such shares to such bank.
- Whenever the issued shares of a company cease to be held in the manner stated in paragraph 2 or 4 of this Schedule, such shares shall, for the purposes of that paragraph, be deemed to continue to be held in accordance with that paragraph for a period of six months after they cease to be in fact so held. SECOND SCHEDULE. Exempted 1932 Business In Respect Of Carrying On A Particular Manufacturing Process. Section 5
- a)the company by which it was owned on the 1st day of June, 1932, or (
- b)a company, the issued shares of which are beneficially owned to an extent exceeding one-half (in nominal value) by the individual or all, some or one of the individuals by whom such business was beneficially owned on the 1st day of June, 1932, or by the company by which it was owned on the 1st day of June, 1932, and
- a)(
- i)the carrying on of the said manufacturing process would, if it had been carried on on the 1st day of June, 1932, or within one month immediately preceding that date, have been in the ordinary course of or formed part of such business or have been a reasonable extension of such business as then carried on in the State, and (
- ii)any manufacturing process was being carried on on the 1st day of June, 1932, in the ordinary course of, or as part of such business as then carried on in the State, or (
- b)(
- i)the carrying on of the said manufacturing process would, if it had been carried on on the 1st day of June, 1932, or within one month immediately preceding that date, have been a reasonable extension of such business as then carried on in the State, and (
- ii)any manufacturing process was being carried on on the 31st day of January, 1958, in the ordinary course of or as part of such business as then carried on in the State. THIRD SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. Section 13. Number and Year Short Title Extent of Repeal
- ii)of paragraph (
- b)of subsection
- No. 17 of
- Cement Act, 1933 . Section
- No. 31 of
- Sugar Manufacture Act, 1933 . Section
- No. 36 of
- Control of Manufactures Act, 1934 . Subsection
- No. 42 of
- Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Act, 1934 . Section
- No. 22 of
- Alginate Industries (Ireland) Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1949 . Section
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