No. 37/1940:

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 2, TWELFTH PERIOD, ADDITIONAL QUOTA) ORDER, 1940.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 2, TWELFTH PERIOD, ADDITIONAL QUOTA) ORDER, 1940.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (4) of Section 6 of the Control of Imports Act, 1934 (No. 12 of 1934), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, that whenever the Government has, by order made under that section, appointed a quota in respect of any quota period, the Government may, if they so think fit, by Order made before the expiration of such quota period increase such quota by such amount (in that Act referred to as an additional quota) as they think proper:

AND WHEREAS by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 2, Twelfth Period) Order, 1939 (Statutory Rules and Orders; No. 198 of 1939), made under the said Section 6, the Government appointed the period beginning on the 1st day of October, 1939, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1940, to be the twelfth quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 2) Order, 1934 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 231 of 1934), which, as amended, relates to certain pneumatic tyres, and appointed fifteen thousand five hundred pneumatic tyres (being pneumatic tyres to which the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 2) Order, 1934, as amended, relates) to be the quota in respect of the said twelfth quota period:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Control of Imports Act; 1934, as adapted as aforesaid, and as amended by sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937 (No. 8 of 1937), as so adapted, that whenever and so long as a quota order made by the Government under the Control of Imports Act, 1934 , is in force, any person who is for the time being registered in the register of importers maintained in pursuance of the Control of Imports Act, 1934 , for the purposes of such quota order may, not less than fourteen clear days before the commencement of any quota period under such quota order or, in the case of an application in relation to an additional quota, within such time as shall be appointed in that behalf by the order fixing such additional quota, apply in the prescribed manner to the Minister for Industry and Commerce for a licence to import during such quota period a specified quantity of goods to which the said quota order applies:

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the Control of Imports Acts, 1934 and 1937, as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Imports (Quota No. 2 Twelfth Period, Additional Quota) Order, 1940.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The quota appointed by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 2, Twelfth Period) Order, 1939, in respect of the twelfth quota period appointed by that Order is hereby increased by thirty thousand articles to which the Control of Imports (Quota No. 2) Order, 1934, as amended, applies, to the intent that the said thirty thousand articles shall be an additional quota in respect of the said twelfth quota period, and the total quota in respect of the said twelfth quota period shall be forty-five thousand five hundred articles, to which the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 2) Order, 1934, applies.

4. Every application made in relation to the additional quota specified in this Order for a licence to import any quantity of the articles to which the Control of Imports (Quota No. 2) Order, 1934, as amended, applies, shall be made within seven days after the date of this Order.

Dublin.

This 6th day of February, 1940.