S.I. No. 174/1957 - Bread (Maximum Prices) Order, 1957 (Revocation) Order, 1957.

S.I. No. 174 of 1957.

BREAD (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1957 (REVOCATION) 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 Bread (Maximum Prices) Order, 1957 (Revocation) Order, 1957.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 14th day of August, 1957.

2. The Bread (Maximum Prices) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 111 of 1957 ) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 12th day of August, 1957.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Explanatory Note.

This instrument revokes the Bread (Maximum Prices) Order, 1957, which controlled the maximum retail prices of batch and fancy bread and which required that such bread should be baked only in units of less than 8 ozs. or in units of 1 lb. or multiples of 1 lb., and which regulated the manner in which such weights should be determined.