The Purchase Tax (No. 4) Order 1954
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) 1. This Order reduces the rate of Purchase Tax from 50 per cent. to 25 per cent. on:— Fabric lampshades. Washing machines designed for heating water by electricity or gas but which are otherwise hand operated. 2. It makes such of the following goods as were previously chargeable with tax at the rate of 75 per cent. now chargeable at 50 per cent.:— Garden ornaments. Walking sticks and canes....