§ 1. Entertainments duty
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Motion made,
That, subject to subsection (2) of section one of the Entertainments Duty Act, 1958 (which provides for a reduced rate of duty in the case of certain mixed entertainments), the amount of entertainments duty chargeable on any payment for admission to an entertainment given after the third day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, shall he one third of the amount, if any, by which the total amount of the payment (not excluding the amount of the duty) exceeds one shilling and six pence.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.—[Mr. Amory.]
§ The CHAIRMAN put the Question whereupon forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 86 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions).
§ Question agreed to.
75§ The CHAIRMAN then proceeded successively to put forthwith the Question on each further Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, save the last Motion.
§ 2. Wines (Customs)
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Motion made, and Question,
That, as from the 16th April, 1458, in the case of wines other than light wines the rates of customs duty (including both the full and the preferential rates) now chargeable, as set out in the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1949, shall each be reduced by 12s. per gallon or, in the case of the additional duty chargeable on wine exceeding 42 degrees proof spirit for each degree or fraction of a degree of the excess, by 1s. per gallon.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.—[Mr. Amory.]
put and agreed to.
§ 3. Sweets (Excise)
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Motion made, and Question,
That, as from the 16th April, 1958, in the case of sweets exceeding 27 degrees proof spirit the rates of excise duty now chargeable as set out in the Third Schedule to the Finance Act, 1949, shall be reduced, in the case of still sweets by 12s. per gallon and in the case of sparkling sweets by 8s. per gallon.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act. 1913.—[Mr. Amory.]
put and agreed to.
§ 4. Methyl alcohol (Customs)
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Motion made, and Question,
Methyl alcohol, notwithstanding that it is so purified or prepared as to be potable, shall not be chargeable with the customs duties on spirits, nor shall naphtha or any mixture or preparation containing naphtha or methyl alcohol and not containing other spirits; and those articles shall be charged with other customs duties accordingly.—[Mr. Amory.]
put and agreed to.
§ 5. Periods for motor vehicle licences
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Motion made, and Question,
That new provision may be made as to the periods for which licences may be taken out under the Vehicles (Excise) Act, 1949, and as to the rate of duty for licences other than annual licences, and may repeal or suspend, or authorise the repeal or suspension of, any provisions which now confer a right to a licence for a particular period, or to a repayment of duty of a particular amount on surrender of a licence for less than a year.—[Mr. Amory.]
put and agreed to.