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Commodities (Indication of Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

GN No. 50 of 2005

THE FAIR TRADING ACT

Regulations made by the Minister under Section 8 of the Fair Trading Act

1. These regulations may be cited as the Commodities (Indication of Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2005.

2. In these regulations -

"principal regulations" means the Commodities (Indication of Origin) Regulations 1981;

"Customs" refers to the Customs and Excise Department.

3. The Principal regulations are amended in regulation 3, by inserting immediately after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph -

3(1)A (a) The Minister may, in case of non compliance with regulation 3(1), authorise an importer to affix locally a label indicating the Country Origin of an imported commodity, provided a certificate of

origin is produced;

(b) The label shall be affixed under the supervision of an authorised officer prior to clearance from

customs.

Made by the Minister on 6th April 2005.