No. 63/1940:

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 3, THIRTEENTH PERIOD) ORDER, 1940.

CONTROL OF IMPORTS (QUOTA No. 3, THIRTEENTH PERIOD) ORDER, 1940.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Control of Imports Act, 1934 (No. 12 of 1934), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, that so long as any particular quota order is in force, the Government shall, during and not less than one month before the end of every quota period under such quota order, by order—

(a) appoint a period (beginning at the expiration of the said quota period) to be the next quota period under such quota order, and

(b) appoint a specified quantity of goods to which such quota order applies to be the quota for the purposes of the said Act in respect of the said next quota period:

AND WHEREAS by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 3, Twelfth Period) Order, 1939 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 219 of 1939), the period beginning on the 1st day of October, 1939, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1940, was appointed to be the twelfth quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 3) Order, 1934 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 242 of 1934):

AND WHEREAS by the Control of Imports (Quota No. 3) (Amendment) Order, 1935 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 18 of 1935), the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 3) Order, 1934, was amended by the deletion of sub-paragraph (a) (relating to infants' boots and shoes) of paragraph 4 thereof:

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Control of Imports Act, 1934 (No. 12 of 1934), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Imports (Quota No. 3, Thirteenth Period) Order, 1940.

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

3. The period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1940, and ending on the 30th day of September, 1940, is hereby appointed to be the thirteenth quota period under the Control of Imports (Quota No. 3) Order, 1934 (which relates to boots and shoes).

4. A total amounting to three hundred thousand articles to which the said Control of Imports (Quota No. 3) Order, 1934, applies shall be the quota in respect of the said thirteenth quota period.

Dublin.

This 27th day of February, 1940.