No. 272/1946:

APPLES (REGULATION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1946.

APPLES (REGULATION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1946.

The Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 2 of the Agricultural Products (Regulation of Import) Act, 1938 (No. 14 of 1938), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Industry and Commerce, orders as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Apples (Regulation of Import) Order, 1946.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of September, 1946.

2. In this Order—

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture ;

the word " apples " means raw apples, but does not include raw apples grown in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man.

3. It shall not be lawful to import any apples unless—

(a) such apples are imported under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Minister under this Order, and

(b) such licence is at the time of importation delivered to the proper officer of Customs and Excise.

4.—(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, issue a licence to import a specified quantity of apples.

(2) Whenever the Minister issues a licence under this Order, he may attach to such licence any one or more of the following conditions, that is to say :—

(a) a condition that the apples to which such licence relates shall be of a specified description,

(b) a condition that such apples shall be imported within a specified time or during a specified period,

(c) a condition that such apples shall be imported from a specified country,

(d) a condition that such apples shall have been grown in a specified country,

(e) a condition that such apples shall be imported at a specified port or place or by a specified route,

(f) a condition that such apples shall not be imported in more than a specified number of consignments,

(g) a condition that such apples shall be imported by or on behalf of a specified person,

(h) such other conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) The Minister may at any time revoke any licence issued under this Order.

5. Any person who imports or attempts to import any apples in contravention of this Order or who aids or abets the importation or attempted importation of any apples in contravention of this Order shall be guilty of an offence under this Order and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, this 22nd day of August, 1946.

(Signed) D. TWOMEY,

Secretary.