S.I. No. 319/1956:

SUGAR (PROHIBITION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1956.

SUGAR (PROHIBITION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1956.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 5 of the Sugar (Control of Import) Act, 1936 (No. 16 of 1936), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, hereby order as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Prohibition of Import) Order, 1956.

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

3. The importation into the State in the period from the 1st day of January, 1957, to the 31st day of December, 1957, of sugar not manufactured or produced in the State is hereby prohibited, save under and in accordance with a licence in that behalf granted under the Sugar (Control of Import) Act, 1936 (No. 16 of 1936).

4. The following shall be exempted from the prohibition effected by this Order :

(a) sugar not exceeding fourteen pounds in weight which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be imported for the personal use of the person by whom it is imported or of his household, and

(b) sugar which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be imported as a sample.

5. (a) Sugar certified by the Minister for Industry and Commerce as being required for the manufacture of goods for export elsewhere than to Northern Ireland or Great Britain shall be exempted from the prohibition effected by this Order.

(b) The Minister may impose such conditions (whether precedent or subsequent) as he thinks fit to be complied with by persons claiming or receiving the benefit of any such exemption, whether by attaching such conditions to the certificate or otherwise.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 18th day of December, 1956.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to prohibit the importation of sugar by persons other than Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann, Teoranta. The prohibition does not, however, apply to sugar which the Minister for Industry and Commerce certifies as being required for the manufacture of goods for export elsewhere than to the Six Counties or Great Britain.