HC Deb 24 September 1909 vol 11 cc825-6

(1) In lieu of the duties of Customs payable on tobacco there shall as from the thirteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and nine, be charged, levied, and paid upon tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland the dutes specified in Part I. of the Fourth Schedule to this Act.

(2) In lieu of the Excise Duties payable on tobacco grown in Ireland there shall, as from the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and nine, be charged, levied, and paid on tobacco grown in Ireland the duties specified in Part II. of the Fourth Schedule to this Act, and on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and ten, Excise Duties at the same rates shall be charged, levied, and paid on tobacco grown in England or Scotland, and there shall be charged on a licence to be taken out annually by every person growing, cultivating, or curing tobacco in England or Scotland an Excise Duty of five shillings.

(3) Drawback allowed under Section one of the Manufactured Tobacco Act, 1863, as extended or amended by any subsequent Act, on tobacco exported from Great Britain or Ireland or deposited in a bonded or King's warehouse shall, as from the first day of June, nineteen hundred and nine, be allowed at the rates set out in Part III. of the Fourth Schedule to this Act, instead of at the rates set out in the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1906, but subject to the provisions affecting allowance of drawback contained in the Schedule to the Finance Act, 1904.

(4) Section three of the Finance Act, 1908, shall apply with reference to the Excise Duties imposed by this Section as it applies with reference to the duties imposed by that Section, and Sub-sections (2) and (3) of that Section shall apply to tobacco grown in England and Scotland in the same manner as they apply to tobacco grown in Ireland.

(5) So much of any Act as prohibits or restrains the growth, making, or curing of tobacco in England or Scotland shall, as from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and ten, cease to have effect.

Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.