S.I. No. 104/1951 - Milk (Retail Price) (Cork Sale District) (No. 2) Order, 1951.


S.I. No. 104 of 1951.

MILK (RETAIL PRICE) (CORK SALE DISTRICT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1951.

I, THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the joint operation of Section 52 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 (No. 43 of 1936), and of the Minister for Supplies (Transfer of Functions under Section 52 of the Milk (Regulations of Supply and Price) Act, 1936) Order, 1941 ( S. R. & O. No. 29 of 1941 ), and of the Minister for Supplies (Transfer of Functions) Act, 1945 (No. 21 of 1945), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows, that is to say :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Milk (Retail Price) (Cork Sale District) (No. 2) Order, 1951.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1951.

2. In this Order—

(1) the expression " Cork Sale District " means the area as defined in the Schedule to the Cork District Milk Board Order, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 91 of 1937 ) ;

(2) the expression " Bottled Milk " means milk placed in receptacles at the wholesaler's or retailer's premises and sold retail in such receptacles ;

(3) the expression " Fresh Milk " has the meaning attached to it in the Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 (No. 22 of 1935) and the regulations made thereunder ;

(4) references in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell.

3. The maximum prices at which fresh milk (other than milk which is the Highest Grade Milk within the meaning of the Milk and Dairies (Special Designations) Regulations, 1938 and 1939) may be sold retail in any place in the Cork Sale District during the period of three months commencing on the 1st day of May, 1951, shall be prices calculated at the following rates :—

(a) if sold as Bottled Milk

3¾d. per pint ;

(b) if sold otherwise than as Bottled Milk

3½d. per pint.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 27th day of April, 1951.

(Signed) T. F. O'HIGGINS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.