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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 7 May 1941

Vol. 83 No. 1

Financial Resolutions. - Resolution No. 7—Customs Duty on Cider and Perry.

I move:—

(1) That in lieu of the present customs duties on cider and perry, there shall be charged, levied, and paid on all cider and perry imported on or after the 8th day of May, 1941, a duty of customs at the rate of six shillings the gallon.

(2) That any article on which the duty imposed by this Resolution is charged and paid shall not also be chargeable with duty in respect of any sugar or other sweetening matter contained in the article.

(3) That the provisions of Section 6 of the Finance (Agreement with United Kingdom) Act, 1938 (No. 12 of 1938), shall apply and have effect in relation to the duty imposed by this Resolution as if the articles chargeable with that duty were mentioned in the second column of the First Schedule to the said Act, and this Resolution were mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the said Articles in the said second column, and the rate of four shillings the gallon were specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the said articles in the said second column.

(4) It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).

Question put and agreed to.
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