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S.I. No. 85/1980 -- Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

S.I. No. 85/1980 -- Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980. 1980 85

S.I. No. 85/1980:

WOOL MARKETING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1980.

WOOL MARKETING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1980.

I, LORCAN ALLEN, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Wool Marketing Act, 1968 (No. 26 of 1968), and by the Agriculture (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1980 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Marketing (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

(2) The Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 143 of 1971 ), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971 and 1980.

(3) These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1980.

2. Regulation 3 of the Wool Marketing Regulations, 1971, is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry in the Table thereto of the following:
Grade No. Grade of Fleece Wool Characteristics of Fleece
Degrees of Fineness Staple Length Colour
1 Down and Down Cross Bradford Count 56/58 Full Fleece Free from grey and black fibres
2 Pick and Super Bradford Count 54/58 Full Fleece Free from grey and black fibres
3 Super Selected and Fine Deeps Bradford Count 48/54 Full Fleece free from grey and black fibres
4 Deep Lincoln and Leicester Cross Bradford Count 44/48 Full Fleece Free from grey and black fibres
5 Fine Cheviot Bradford Count 50/56 Full Fleece Free from grey and black fibres
6 Blackface Mountain Cross and 2nd Cheviot Bradford Count 40/50 Full Fleece Free from grey and black fibres
7 Deep Selected and Medium Blackface Coarse fibre and moderately broad staple Min. 6" (15 cm) almost free from black fibres and kemp
8 Short fine White Blackface Moderately coarse fibre with a fine bottom Full Fleece Free or almost free from black fibres and with some kemp present.
9 Blackface Lamb and Blackface 2nd Shear Irregular Irregular With grey and black kempy fibres
Faults in Fleece
10 Matts or Cotts The ends of the fibres of fleece have become matted together on the flesh side presenting a felted appearance.
11 Winter Stain Fleece shows bright yellow colour that will not scour out
12 Blue, Rubby or Peaty and Heavy Arable Fleece contaminated with peat or a high proportion of soil, earth or sand
13 Fine and Strong Grey Fleece has grey or black fibres but otherwise matches the fleeces described under grade numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and 6
14 Grey Blackface Fleeces with more black fibres and kemp than the fleeces described under grade numbers 7,8 or 9 but which otherwise match any of the fleeces so described
15 Blackface Mountain Cast Fleeces showing yellow or brownish soily colouring

In determining the grade of a particular fleece, being a grade specified above, regard shall be had to the characteristics or faults specified in the Table opposite the mention of the grade.

GIVEN under my hand, this 25th day of March, 1980.

LORCAN ALLEN,

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe 15 grades of wool as the minimum to be used by buyers in purchasing fleece wool compared with 22 grades in the 1971 Regulations.

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