S.I. No. 276/1948:

ONIONS (REGULATION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1948.

ONIONS (REGULATION OF IMPORT) ORDER, 1948.

I, JAMES M. DILLON, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 2 of the Agricultural Products (Regulation of Import) Act, 1938 (No. 14 of 1938), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Industry and Commerce, order as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Onions (Regulation of Import) Order, 1948.

2. In this Order--

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

the word " onions " means raw onions, whether fresh or dried ;

the expression " control period " means any period commencing on a date fixed by the Minister by notice published in Iris Oifigiúil and ending on a date similarly fixed.

3. It shall not be lawful, during any control period, to import any onions unless :--

(a) such onions 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 onions.

(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 onions to which such licence relates shall be imported within a specified time or during a specified period,

(b) a condition that such onions shall be imported from a specified country,

(c) a condition that such onions shall have been produced in a specified country,

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

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

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

(g) such other condition as he thinks fit.

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 13th day of August, 1948.

(Signed) JAMES M. DILLON,

Minister for Agriculture.