S.I. No. 290/1951 - Tea Order, 1950 (Third Ration Period) Order, 1951.

S.I. No. 290 of 1951.

TEA ORDER, 1950 (THIRD RATION PERIOD) 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)), hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Tea Order, 1950 (Third Ration Period) Order, 1951.

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

2. In this Order the expression " the Principal Order " means the Tea Order, 1950 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1950 ).

3. This Order shall be construed as one with the Principal Order.

4. This Order is supplemental to the Principal Order.

5. For the purposes of the Principal Order :—

(a) the period (in this Order referred to as the third ration period) of twenty-six weeks commencing on the 1st day of December, 1951, shall be a ration period ;

(b) page 29 of a general ration book shall be applicable to the third ration period.

6. For the purposes of the Principal Order, each coupon in page 29 forming part of a general ration book and marked with the letter " P " and the figures " 21 " shall be a tea coupon, but shall be valid only for the third ration period or a part of that period.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 22nd day of October, 1951.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.