Salt Duties, etc. Act 1721
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1721 c. 16 |
| Year | 1721 |
(8 Geo. 1) C A P. XVI. Anno Regni GEORGII Regis Magn Britanni, Franci & Hiberni, octavo.
An Act for taking off the Duty upon all Salt used in the Curing and making of White Herrings, and instead thereof laying a proportionable Duty upon all White Herrings consumed at Home only; and for making an Allowance for Tobacco exported fromScotland , in the Time therein mentioned; and for giving a farther Relief to the Refiners of Rock Salt.
I Geo. 1. c. 18. 5 W & M. c. 7. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 31. 9 & 10 W. 3. c. 6. & 44. 10 & 11. W. 3. c. 22. 1 Ann. st. 1. c. 21. 2 & 3 Ann. c. 14. 4 Ann. c. 12. 5 Ann. c. 29. 6 Ann. c. 12. 8 Geo. 1. c. 4.
'I. W H E R E A S by an Act of Parliament made in the fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for recovering the Credit of the British Fishery in foreign Parts; and for better securing the Duties on Salt ; it is enacted, That all Curers of Fish shall be allowed to import foreign Salt, or take from any Salt-Works or Salt-Pits, any such Quantity of British Salt, where the same is allowed by Law, for curing of Fish for Exportation, as they shall think proper for curing Fish for foreign Markets, without paying any Duty to his Majesty for the same, except the Customs payable upon the Importation thereof; in consequence whereof all White Herrings spent within this Ream, are or should be cured with Salt that has paid the Duties; but in regard the same are cured promiscuously, it is difficult to distinguish them from such as are intended to be exported, whereby his Majesty may be defrauded in his Revenue, without a proper Remedy for preventing the same;' Be it therefore 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, That at the Beginning of every Fishing Season for Herrings, the Proprietor or Proprietors of the Salt delivered Duty-free for the Curing of Herrings for Exportation, in that Part ofGreat Britain called England, Wales and Berwick upon Tweed , pursuant to the said Act, or his or their Agent or Agents, shall, instead of the Oath required by the said Act, make Oath in Writing before the Officer for the Duty on Salt, at the Office nearest to the Place where the said Salt is lodged (who is hereby impowered to administer the same) declaring the Quantity of the Foreign or British Salt respectively lodged for curing of Fish, and that all the said Salt is intended for the Curing of Fish for Exportation only, and shall not, by his or their Order, Consent or Connivance, directly or indirectly, be sold, given away, or any way delivered, but for the Purpose aforesaid; except so much thereof as shall be used for curing such White Herrings, as shall be entred with the Officer of the Place for home Consumption, and charged with the Duties by this Act chargeable thereupon.
II Curer of White Herrings, after 25 March 1722, before he remove them \(except for Exportation) to make Entry, and pay 3 s. 4 d. . per Barrel, &c. These Duties revived by 5 Geo. 2. c. 6. s. 3. Quantity to be marked on Casks.
II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Maker or Curer of White Herrings, in that Part ofGreat Britain called England, Wales and Berwick upon Tweed , from and...
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