No. 82/1942:

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF BOTTLES) (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1942.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF BOTTLES) (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1942.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 8 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1928 (No. 3 of 1928), that there shall be paid in respect of the verification and stamping of bottles to which that Act applies by the persons requiring the same to be verified such fees as may be prescribed by regulations made under the said section 8 by the Minister for Industry and Commerce with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and that different fees may be so prescribed for different classes of bottles and for different methods of testing :

NOW, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 8 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1928 (No. 3 of 1928), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following Regulations :—

1. These Regulation may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Verification and Stamping of Bottles) (Fees) Regulations, 1942.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 27th day of January, 1942.

4. In these Regulations, the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

5. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the fees to be paid in respect of the verification and stamping of bottles under a licence granted under section 7 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1928 , authorising the stamping of bottles during the process of manufacture, that is to say :—

(a) where the output of the factory for any period of three months is estimated to be less than 250,000 bottles, the fees shall be calculated during that period at the rate of 6s. od. per gross of the bottles,

(b) where the output of the factory for any period of three months is estimated to be not less than 250,000 bottles and less than 500,000 bottles, the fees shall be calculated during that period at the rate of 3s. 6d. per gross of the bottles,

(c) where the output of the factory for any period of three months is estimated to be not less than 500,000 bottles and less than 750,000 bottles, the fees shall be calculated during that period at the rate of 2s. 3d. per gross of the bottles,

(d) where the output of the factory for any period of three months is estimated to be not less than 750,000 bottles and less than 1,000,000 bottles, the fees shall be calculated during that period at the rate of 1s. 8d. per gross of the bottles,

(e) where the output of the factory for any period of three months is estimated to be not less than 1,000,000 bottles and less than 1,250,000 bottles, the fees shall be calculated during that period at the rate of 1s. 4d. per gross of the bottles,

(f) where the output of the factory for any period of three months is estimated to be not less than 1,230,000 bottles, the fees shall be calculated during that period at the rate of 1s. 1d. per gross of the bottles,

(g) irrespective of the output of the factory, an additional fee of 6d. per gross of the bottles shall be payable where the Minister is not satisfied that the proprietor of the factory has provided accommodation, equipment, requisites, and assistance in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c) of regulation 11 of the Weights and Measures (Bottle Factory) Regulations, 1928 ( S. R. & O. No. 73 of 1928 ),

(h) the fees in respect of the output of bottles from the factory during each month shall be paid on or before the 10th day of the following month,

(i) where the actual output of bottles from the factory during any period of three months is different from the output that is estimated, the proper additional fees shall be paid or the proper refunds shall be made (as the case may require),

(j) in the foregoing provisions, the expression " period of three months " means any period of three months ending on a 31st day of January, 30th day of April, 31st day of July, or 31st day of October, and the word " estimated " means estimated by the Minister at the beginning of the relevant period of three months.

6. Where an ex-officio inspector of weights and measures who has been duly appointed for the purpose as a special inspector under the provisions of the Weights and Measures Act, 1928 , verifies and stamps bottles to which that Act applies, not being less than twenty gross in number, on the premises of the owner of the bottles and all necessary and reasonable accommodation and manual assistance required by the special inspector are provided by the said owner, the fees payable for the verification and stamping of the bottles shall be calculated at the rate of 4s. od. per gross of the bottles.

7. In a case to which neither Article 5 nor 6 of these Regulations applies, the fees to be paid for the verification and stamping of bottles to which the Weights and Measures Act, 1928 , applies shall be calculated at the rate of one halfpenny per bottle.

8. The Weights and Measures (Stamping of Bottles Fees) Regulations, 1929 ( S. R. & O. No. 16 of 1929 ), and the Weights and Measures (Stamping of Bottles Fees) Amending Regulations, 1931 ( S. R. & O. No. 54 of 1931 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 27th day of January, 1942.

(Signed) R. C. FERGUSON, Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 6th day of February, 1942.

(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT, Secretary,

Department of Finance.