S.I. No. 252/1951 - Coal (Maximum Prices) Order, 1951.

S.I. No. 252 of 1951.

COAL (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1951.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939) as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942) (which Orders are continued in force by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)) and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Coal (Maximum Prices) Order, 1951.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of September, 1951.

2. References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. In this Order—

" coal " has the meaning attached to it by custom in the trade but excludes anthracite ;

" specified area " means any area referred to in Article 4, Article 5 or Article 6 of this Order ;

" coal importing area " means any County Borough, Borough, Urban District, Town or Townland in any port or harbour of which coal is imported ;

" the August, 1951 price " means, in relation to coal, the price at which it was sold by retail in the week ended on the 4th day of August, 1951.

4.—(1) No person shall sell by retail coal in the County Borough of Dublin or in the Borough of Dún Laoghaire, under the conditions set out in Column (2) of Part I of the Schedule hereto, at a price exceeding a price calculated at the rate set out in Column (3) of the said Part at the appropriate reference number.

(2) No person shall offer or expose for sale by retail in the County Borough of Dublin or in the Borough of Dún Laoghaire coal under the conditions set out at reference number 1 or 2 in Column (2) of Part I of the Schedule hereto unless he has prominently displayed in his premises and on the vehicle, stall, barrow or other container from which coal is sold a plainly legibile notice stating the price at which such coal is offered for sale.

5. No person shall sell by retail coal in any area mentioned in Column (2) of Part II of the Schedule hereto at a price exceeding a price calculated in accordance with the rate set out in Column (3) of the said Part at the appropriate reference number.

6. No person shall sell by retail coal in any coal importing area other than the County Borough of Dublin or Borough of Dún Laoghaire or any area mentioned in Column (2) of Part II of the Schedule hereto at a price exceeding the August, 1951 price in that area.

7. Where—

(a) coal is brought from a specified area to a place which is not in a specified area, and

(b) it is supplied to a retailer in that place,

then, the maximum retail price which may be charged by him shall not exceed whichever of the following prices is appropriate—

(i) if the August, 1951 price in that place exceeded the August 1951 price in the specified area from which coal was brought as aforesaid—a price greater, by the amount of such excess, than the maximum retail price for the time being fixed for the specified area ;

(ii) in any other case—the maximum retail price for the time being fixed for the specified area.

8. Where a direction is given by the Minister in respect of any particular person or group of persons or in respect of any particular coal, the provisions of this Order shall, if and insofar as they are inconsistent with such direction, have effect subject to such direction.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

COUNTRY BOROUGH OF DUBLIN AND THE BOROUGH OF DÚN LAOGHAIRE.

Ref No.	Method of sale	Maximum Prices
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	When sold retail to a domestic user from a vehicle by a person why usually sells coal by hawking it in public places :—
	(a) if sold in lots of 10 stones	1 ¼d. per 10 stones
	(b) if sold in lots of less than 10 stones	½d. per stone
2	When sold retail to a domestic user at the premises of the vendor, delivery being taken at such premises	1/1½d. per stone
3	When sold under conditions other than those set out at reference numbers 1 and 2 of this Part of this Schedule	£8 10s 0d. per ton

PART II.

Ref. No.	Area	Maximum Price
(1)	(2)	(3)
		Per ton
		£	s.	d.
1	Country Borough of Cork	8	15	0
2	Country Borough of Waterford	8	5	0
3	Country Borough of Limerick	9	15	0
4	Borough of Drogheda, the towns of Balbriggan and Ardee and the area within a radius of two miles from the Post Office, Skerries, Country Dublin	7	15	0
5	Urban District of Dundalk	7	15	0
6	Borough of Wexford	8	15	0
7	Urban District of New Ross	8	15	0

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 4th day of September, 1951.

(Sgd.) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce