No. 65/1941:

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 1, FIFTEENTH PERIOD) ORDER, 1941.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 1, FIFTEENTH PERIOD) ORDER, 1941.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (2) 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 so long as any particular quota order is in force, the Government shall, during and not less than one month before the end of every quota period under such quota order, by order—

(a) appoint a period (beginning at the expiration of the said quota period) to be the next quota period under such quota order, and

(b) appoint a specified quantity of goods to which such quota order applies to be the quota for the purposes of the said Act in respect of the said next quota period:

AND WHEREAS by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1, Fourteenth Period) Order, 1940 ( S. R. & O. No. 257 of 1940 ), the period beginning on the 1st day of October, 1940, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1941, was appointed to be the fourteenth quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) Order, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 230 of 1934 ), which (as amended by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) (Amendment No. 2) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 160 of 1935 ), the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) (Amendment No. 3) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 666 of 1935 ) and the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) (Amendment No. 4) Order, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 207 of 1937 )), relates to certain pneumatic tyres:

AND WHEREAS by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) (Amendment) Order, 1935 ( S. R. & O. No. 34 of 1935 ), the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) Order, 1934, was amended by restricting the meaning of the expression "pneumatic tyre" in the last-mentioned Order to outer covers only:

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsection (2) of Section 6 of the Control of Imports Act, 1934 (No. 12 of 1934), 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. 1, Fifteenth Period) Order, 1941.

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

3. The period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1941, and ending on the 30th day of September, 1941, is hereby appointed to be the fifteenth quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) Order, 1934 (which (as amended) relates to certain pneumatic tyres).

4. A total amounting to two thousand pneumatic tyres (being pneumatic tyres to which the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 1) Order, 1934, (as amended) relates) shall be the quota in respect of the said fifteenth quota period.

Given under the Official Seal of the Government, this 25th day of February, 1941.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA,

Taoiseach.