Control of Prices Act, 1932

PART VI.

Manufacturer's Prices for Protected Commodities.

Prices (manufacturer's) investigation.

41.—(1) The Minister may, subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section, from time to time send to the Commission a requisition requiring the Commission to investigate the prices charged for any protected commodity which conforms to the specification set out in such request by persons manufacturing or producing such commodity in Saorstát Eireann, and upon receipt of such request the Commission shall make an investigation (in this Part of this Act referred to as a manufacturer's price investigation) in accordance with such requisition.

(2) Before sending under the immediately preceding sub-section to the Commission a requisition to make an investigation into the price of butter, the Minister shall first consult the Minister for Agriculture.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section the Commission shall on its own motion, from time to time as the other business of the Commission permits, select from amongst protected commodities manufactured or produced in Saorstát Eireann a commodity, and make an investigation (in this Part of this Act also referred to as a manufacturer's price investigation) into the prices charged for such commodity, by manufacturers or producers thereof in Saorstát Eireann.

(4) The Commission shall not make an investigation under the immediately preceding sub-section into the price of butter except with the consent of the Minister for Agriculture.