S.I. No. 15/1970 -- Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1970.

S.I. No. 15/1970 -- Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1970. 1970 15

S.I. No. 15/1970:

HIRE-PURCHASE AND CREDIT SALE ORDER, 1970.

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 of the Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960 (No. 15 of 1960), and the Hire-Purchase (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1968 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1968 ), hereby order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1970.

2. The Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1968 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1968 ), is hereby amended--

(a) by the substitution of "5 (c)"for "4" in Article 2 (1) (a),

(b) by the substitution of "the 28th day of January, 1970" for "the 5th day of November, 1968" in Article 3 (1),

(d) by the substitution in the proviso to paragraph 3 (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of "a radio receiving set or a television receiving set, whether or not assembled and including a portable set, a set designed for use in a road vehicle, a cathode ray tube, a loudspeaker, a television conversion set" for "any of the goods described at reference number 1 of Schedule 1 hereto".

SCHEDULE

Goods to which this Order applies.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Description of Goods	Minimum percentage of cash price	Maximum period for payment of balance
	Per cent.	Months
1. (a) Mechanically propelled vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of persons and having seating accommodation for not less than one or more than eight persons (excluding the driver), excluding small public service vehicles within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ... ... ... ...
(b) Station wagons, estate cars and other similar vehicles which are constructed or adapted for alternative purposes ...	33¹/_3%	24
2. Gramophones, radio-gramophones, record players and juke boxes, tape recorders, and parts thereof ... ... ... ...	33¹/_3%	18
3. Wearing apparel ... ... ... ...	25	12
4. Cookers designed exclusively or mainly for domestic purposes (including solid fuel cookers but excluding pressure cookers); carpets, furniture ... ... ... ...	15	24
5. (a) Radio receiving sets and television receiving sets, whether or not assembled and including portable sets and sets designed for use in road vehicles, television aerials, cathode ray tubes, loudspeakers and television conversion sets; photographic equipment not designed specifically for industrial, scientific or commercial use; caravans; parts of any of the above goods ... ... ...	25	18
(b) Appliances and apparatus (whether mechanically operated or not) of the following kinds designed exclusively or mainly for domestic use, and parts thereof:
Dish washers
Drying cabinets and drying machines
Washing machines and washers
Water heating appliances
Electric kettles
Ironing machines and irons
Wringers and mangles
Pressure cookers
Floor polishers
Vacuum cleaners
Sewing machines
Knitting machines
Hair-drying machines
Food-mixing machines
Refrigerators having a storage capacity not exceeding 12 cubic feet
Electric blankets ... ... ...	25	18
(c) All goods not already specified in this Schedule except the following: ...	25	18
Medical, surgical, dental and veterinary appliances, equipment and apparatus, and parts or accessories therefor
Ambulances, invalid carriages, vehicles specially constructed or adapted for disabled people, and parts for any of the foregoing
Hearses, vehicles (other than these specified at reference 1 of this Schedule) constructed or adapted for the commercial carriage of goods or not less than eight persons (excluding the driver), small public service vehicles, and parts for any of the foregoing
Tractors and parts or accessories therefor
Trailers (other than caravans) having a maximum unladen weight of not less than 10 cwts.
Caravans having an overall length (excluding any drawbar) exceeding 22 feet or an overall width exceeding 7 feet 6 inches
Motorcycles, autocycles, cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor (whether with or without sidecars), bicycles, and parts for any of the foregoing
Ships and boats constructed or adapted for commercial transportation of goods or passengers; tugs and commercial fishing vessels; and equipment for such a ship, tug or vessel
Aircraft and aircraft engines and parts or accessories therefor
Agricultural, industrial and office machinery and parts or accessories therefor; hand tools
Photographic equipment designed specifically for industrial, scientific or commercial use
Refrigerators having a storage capacity exceeding 12 cubic feet and parts therefor
Appliances and apparatus designed exclusively or mainly for non-domestic use and parts therefor

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of January, 1970.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order amends the Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1968, by increasing the minimum deposits and shortening the maximum payment periods for goods already subject to the Order and by extending the range of goods to which the Order applies.

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