I move:
(1) That, with effect on and from the 1st day of November, 1970, wholesale tax imposed by section 2 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1966 (No. 22 of 1966), shall, in the case of the goods specified in the Table to section 7 (1) of that Act, be charged, levied and paid at the rate of twenty per cent and that, accordingly, "twenty per cent." shall be substituted for "fifteen per cent." in the said section 7 (1) with effect on and from that date, and "twenty per cent." shall be substituted for "fifteen per cent." In section 11 (1) of that Act in respect of articles imported on or after that date.
(2) 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).