In short
This law confirms specific orders that were made to impose duties, primarily related to customs and excise duties, under two earlier Acts. It legally validates these previously issued orders.
What it regulates
- The confirmation of various orders concerning the imposition of duties.
- Changes to excise duty on Irish wines and customs duty on still wines from the United Kingdom.
- Reductions of protective duties on certain goods of United Kingdom origin.
- The imposition of customs duty on certain mobile structures.
- Conversion of duty rates to decimal form and minor changes in the customs tariff.
Who it concerns
- Those involved in the import and export of goods, particularly wines, certain goods from the United Kingdom, and mobile structures.
- Individuals or businesses affected by excise and customs duties.
Key points
- The Act confirms five specific orders, identified by their Statutory Instrument (S.I.) numbers: S.I. No. 132 of 1970, S.I. No. 133 of 1970, S.I. No. 154 of 1970, S.I. No. 268 of 1970, and S.I. No. 307 of 1970.
- One order (S.I. No. 132 of 1970) increased excise duty on Irish wines and reduced customs duty on certain UK wines.
- Another order (S.I. No. 133 of 1970) implemented the fifth reduction of protective duties on certain UK goods and maintained import duty preference for certain Northern Ireland goods.
- S.I. No. 154 of 1970 imposed a customs duty on certain mobile structures.
- S.I. No. 307 of 1970 reduced customs duty rates on certain watches, watch cases, and watch movements.
📄 Legal text
Imposition of Duties (Confirmation of Orders) Act, 1971
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Number 29 of 1971
IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (CONFIRMATION OF ORDERS) ACT, 1971
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Confirmation of Orders.
2.
Short title.
SCHEDULE
Acts Referred to
Imposition of Duties Act, 1957
1957, No. 7
Finance Act, 1962
1962, No. 15
Number 29 of 1971
IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (CONFIRMATION OF ORDERS) ACT, 1971
AN ACT TO CONFIRM CERTAIN ORDERS MADE UNDER THE
IMPOSITION OF DUTIES ACT, 1957
, AND THE
FINANCE ACT, 1962
. [7th December, 1971]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Confirmation of Orders.
1.—(1) The several Orders mentioned in column (2) of the
Schedule
to this Act, and made under the
Imposition of Duties Act, 1957
, and the
Finance Act, 1962
, are hereby confirmed.
(2) The particulars stated in columns (1) and (3), respectively, of the
Schedule
to this Act in relation to the Orders mentioned in column (2) of that Schedule are inserted solely to facilitate reference to and identification of those Orders, and, accordingly, nothing contained in the said column (1) or the said column (3) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of this section and column (2) of that Schedule.
Short title.
2.—This Act may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Confirmation of Orders) Act, 1971.
SCHEDULE
Section 1
.
Number and Year of Statutory Instrument
Title
General Subject Matter
(1)
(2)
(3)
S.I. No. 132 of 1970.
Imposition of Duties (No. 184) (Wine) Order, 1970.
Increase of excise duty on Irish wines, and reduction of customs duty on still wines in bottle of United Kingdom origin, in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom establishing a Free Trade Area.
S.I. No. 133 of 1970.
Imposition of Duties (No. 185) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1970.
Fifth reduction of protective duties, and of protective elements in revenue duties, on certain goods of United Kingdom origin in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom establishing a Free Trade Area; maintenance of the import duty preference in favour of certain goods of Northern Ireland origin; reduction of duties on certain yarns and certain knitted or crocheted fabrics in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on De-Pyramiding of Tariff Protection; certain minor changes in the customs tariff.
S.I. No. 154 of 1970.
Imposition of Duties (No. 186) (Mobile Structures) Order, 1970.
Imposition of a customs duty on certain structures of the mobile home type.
S.I. No. 268 of 1970.
Imposition of Duties (No. 187) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1970.
Conversion of rates in the old currency in the customs and excise tariff to decimal form; certain minor changes in the customs tariff.
S.I. No. 307 of 1970.
Imposition of Duties (No. 188) (Watches) Order, 1970.
Reduction of the Full, Preferential and Special Preferential rates of customs duty on certain watches, watch cases, certain watch assemblies and certain watch movements.
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