S.I. No. 95/1957 - Intoxicating Liquor (Maximum Prices) Order, 1957.


S.I. No. 95 of 1957.

INTOXICATING LIQUOR (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1957.

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 Intoxicating Liquor (Maximum Prices) Order, 1957.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 9th day of May, 1957.

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. No person carrying on business in the following areas, that is to say, the County of Dublin, the County Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford and the Borough of Galway, shall sell stout or porter by retail at a price exceeding by more than 1d. per pint the price charged by him for such commodity during the month of April, 1957, when sold under the same conditions.

4. Where a direction is given by the Minister in respect of any particular person or group of persons or in respect of any particular stout or porter, the provisions of this Order shall, if and in so far as they are inconsistent with such direction, have effect subject thereto.

5. The Intoxicating Liquor (Maximum Prices) Order, 1955 ( S.I. No. 207 of 1955 ) and the Intoxicating Liquor (Maximum Prices) Order, 1955 (Amendment) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 75 of 1957 ) are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 8th day of May, 1957.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Explanatory Note.

This instrument fixes the maximum prices of stout and porter, when sold retail by any person in the County of Dublin, the County Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford and the Borough of Galway at 1d. per pint above the prices charged by him during the month of April, 1957, when sold under the same conditions.