§ 522.51 - Applicability of 522.50.

For the purpose of § 522.50, the shoe manufacturing industry is defined as follows:

(a) The manufacture or partial manufacture of footwear from any material and by any process except knitting, vulcanizing of the entire article or vulcanizing (as distinct from cementing) of the sole to the upper.

(b) The manufacture or partial manufacture of the following types of footwear, subject to the limitations of paragraph (a) of this section but without prejudice to the generality of that paragraph:

(c) The manufacture from leather or from any shoe-upper material of all cut stock and findings for footwear, including bows, ornaments, and trimmings.

(d) The manufacture of the following types of cut stock and findings for footwear from any material except from rubber or composition of rubber, molded to shape:

(e) The manufacture of heels from any material except molded rubber, but not including the manufacture of woodheel blocks.

(f) The manufacture of cut upper parts for footwear, including linings, vamps and quarters.

(g) The manufacture of pasted shoe stock.

(h) The manufacture of boot and shoe patterns.

Provided, That: The manufacture of cut stock and findings is included within this definition only when performed principally for their own use by companies engaged in the production of shoes.