S.I. No. 260/1963:

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 140) (FLOOR COVERINGS) ORDER, 1963.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 140) (FLOOR COVERINGS) ORDER, 1963.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and section 22 of the Finance Act, 1962 (No. 15 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1.--This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 140) (Floor Coverings) Order, 1963.

2.--This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of December, 1963.

3.--The Imposition of Duties (No. 128) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 163 of 1962 ), is hereby amended by--

(a) the deletion of the matter in the second, third, fourth and fifth columns of the Schedule at tariff heading number 58.02 (B),

(b) the substitution for the matter in the first column of the Schedule at tariff heading number 58.02 (B) of the following:

" Other:

(1) Not exceeding 28 square feet in area in which the pile fabric and the backing are separately woven.

(2) Other ",

(c) the insertion of "(a)", "60%", "60%" and "40%" in the second, third, fourth and fifth columns, respectively, of the Schedule at tariff heading number 58.02 (B) (1) (inserted by this Order),

(d) the insertion of "(a)", "55½ %", "55½ %" and "37%" in the second, third, fourth and fifth columns, respectively, of the Schedule at tariff heading number 58.02 (B) (2) (inserted by this Order),

(e) the substitution for the matter in the third, fourth and fifth columns of the Schedule at tariff heading number 59.02 (A) of "55½%", "55½" and "37%", respectively.

4.--The Imposition of Duties (No. 131) (Reduction of Rates of Customs Duties) Order, 1962 ( S.I. No. 214 of 1962 ), shall apply and have effect in relation to goods to which this Order applies as if this Order had come into operation immediately before the 1st day of January, 1963.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 18th day of December, 1963.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the above Order is to reduce the customs duty on textile floor coverings, other than knotted carpets, carpeting and rugs, and rugs not exceeding 28 sq. ft. in area in which the pile fabric and back are separately woven, to 55½% (full), 37% (U.K. and Canada), ad valorem, less the 10% general reduction in duties effected on 1st January 1963.