Dyestuffs (Import Regulation) Act 1920
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1920 c. 77 |
| Year | 1920 |
Dyestuffs (Import Regulation) Act, 1920
(10 & 11 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 77.
An Act to regulate the importation of dyestuffs.
[23rd December 1920]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Prohibition on importation of dyestuffs.
(1) With a view to the safe-guarding of the dye-making industry, the importation into the United Kingdom of the following goods, that is to say, all synthetic organic dyestuffs, colours and colouring matters, and all organic intermediate products used in the manufacture of any such dyestuffs, colours, or colouring matters shall be prohibited.
(2) Goods prohibited to be imported by virtue of this Act shall be deemed to be included among the goods enumerated and described in the Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions Inwards contained in section forty-two of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 , and the provisions of that Act and of any Act amending or extending that Act shall apply accordingly.
2 Provision as to licences and constitution of advisory committee.
(1) The Board of Trade have power by licence to authorise, either generally or in any particular case, the importation of any of the goods, or any class or description of the goods, prohibited to be imported by virtue of this Act.
(2) A licence granted under this section shall not be transferable.
(3) For the purpose of advising them with respect to the granting of licences, the Board shall constitute a committee consisting of five persons concerned in the trades in which goods of the class prohibited to be imported by this Act are used, three persons concerned in the manufacture of such goods, and three other persons not directly concerned as aforesaid.
Such one of the three last-mentioned persons as the Board shall appoint shall be chairman of the committee.
(4) If on an application for a licence under this section the committee are satisfied that the goods to which the application relates are goods wholly produced or manufactured in some part of His Majesty's dominions, a licence shall be granted in accordance with the application.
(5) An applicant for a licence shall be entitled to object to any member or members of such committee dealing with his application on the ground...
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