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Duties Continuance Act 1802
(42 Geo 3 c.31, 24th March 1802)

An Act for continuing, until the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and three, several Acts of the last Session of Parliament, for continuing and granting Duties to his Majesty in Ireland.
[24th March 1802]

'WHEREAS several Acts were made in the Parliament of Ireland, in the fortieth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, one, intituled, An Act for granting for one Year the several Duties therein mentioned, in lieu of all other Duties payable upon the Articles therein specified during the said Term, and for regulating the Trade between this Kingdom and his Majesty's Colonies, and for other Purposes therein mentioned; another, intituled, An Act for ascertaining the Stock of Foreign Wines belonging to Dealers in and Sellers of such Wines, on the twenty-fifth of March One thousand eight hundred and for securing certain Duties of Excise thereon, and for granting to his Majesty a further Duty on Rum imported, and certain Duties on the Exportation of certain Goods to the British Plantations in America and the West Indies, in lieu of all other Duties; another, intituled, An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland; another, intituled, An Act for granting to his Majesty Excise Duties on Foreign Wines in his Majesty's Stores, or in the Stores or Warehouses of Dealers in or Retailers of Wine, at the Time therein mentioned, and for granting further Duties on Spirits distilled, and on Sweets or made Wines, made in Ireland; another, intituled, An Act for granting an additional Duty on refined Sugars imported into this Kingdom; another, intituled, An Act for amending and making perpetual the several Laws for regulating the Watch in the District of the Metropolis, and for granting a further Duty upon Pawnbrokers; another, intituled, An Act for granting to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors, certain Duties and Rates upon the Portage and Conveyance of all Letters and Packets within this Kingdom; and two several other Acts were made in the same Session of the Parliament of Ireland, for granting to his Majesty the several Duties therein mentioned, to be levied by the Commissioners for managing the Stamp Duties; and another Act was made in the same Session of the Parliament of Ireland, intituled, An Act to amend and explain an Act passed in the fortieth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for granting to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, several Duties therein mentioned, to be levied by the Commissioners for managing the Stamp Duties:' And whereas an Act was made in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the forty-first Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for continuing until the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, certain Acts of the last Session of the Parliament of Ireland, for granting Duties to his Majesty: And whereas another Act was passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for repealing certain Duties upon Tea imported into Ireland, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof; and for granting additional Duties on Sugar and Coals imported into Ireland: And whereas another Act was passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for granting to his Majesty, until the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, additional Stamp Duties in Ireland on Bonds, Bills of Exchange, and Promissory Notes, and on certain Insurances therein mentioned; and for the Relief of Persons in Ireland holding Obligatory Instruments, called Kerry Bonds, which have been executed without being duly stamped: And whereas another Act was passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to continue, until the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, so much of an Act made in the present Session of Parliament, as permits British Hops to be imported into Ireland at a low Rate of Duty: And whereas another Act was passed in the same Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to repeal the Tax on Salaries, Profits of Employments, Fees, and Pensions in Ireland, of Persons not resident in Ireland, for a certain Period: And whereas the Duties continued by the said first-mentioned Act, passed in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, not altered or repealed by any other of the said Acts passed in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, and also the Duties granted by certain other Acts made in the said forty-first Year of his said Majesty's Reign, will expire on the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two: And whereas it is expedient that the said first-recited Act, passed in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, and the Duties thereby continued, except the Duties afterwards repealed as aforesaid, and also the several Duties granted by any of the said other Acts passed in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, the duration of which were limited to the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, should be further continued;' 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 the Duties by the said first-recited Act passed in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, continued until and upon the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, and not repealed by any of the said other Acts passed in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, or by any Act passed in this Session of Parliament, and also the several Duties granted by the said last-mentioned other Acts made in the forty-first Year of his Majesty's Reign, the Duration of which is limited to the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, shall respectively continue, and be in force throughout Ireland, from and after the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two until and upon the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and three; and that all the said recited Acts, so far as they are not altered or repealed as aforesaid, and all the Powers and Provisions, Articles and Clauses, Matters and Things, contained therein, or any of them, shall be observed and complied with during the Time hereby granted, as fully and effectually, as if the same had been extended to the Term hereby granted, and had made Part thereof; and the several Articles in respect whereof any Duty is continued or imposed by the said recited Acts, or any of them, until and upon the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two, and not repealed as aforesaid, shall respectively be liable to the Duty or Duties hereby continued or payable on the same, under the Regulations and Provisions of the said recited Acts respectively, from the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and two until and upon the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and three, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act.

II. And be it enacted, That all the Monies arising from the Duties hereby continued, and not by any of the said Acts appropriated or directed to be applied to any particular Use or Uses, Purpose or Purposes, (the necessary Charges of raising and paying the same, being deducted,) shall be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of Ireland.