Prices Act, 1958

Fixing of maximum wholesale and retail prices of bread and sugar and maximum retail prices of butter and milk.

17.—(1) The Minister may from time to time by order fix the maximum wholesale and retail prices of bread and sugar.

(2) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, may from time to time by order fix the maximum retail prices of—

(a) butter,

(b) milk when sold in an area, declared by an order for the time being in force, made under section 6 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 (No. 43 of 1936), to be a sale district for the purposes of Part II of that Act.