S.I. No. 321/1974 - Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 5) Order, 1974.

S.I. No. 321 of 1974.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAD) (No. 5) ORDER, 1974.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 and 20 of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 5) Order, 1974.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of November, 1974.

3. In this Order—

"batch bread" means bread which is not baked in containers and which is sold or offered for sale in loaves of which the outside is not all crust;

"pan bread" means bread baked in containers.

4. (1) The maximum price at which batch bread and pan bread may be sold by retail shall be—

( a ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is unwrapped—

(i) 9½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 400 grammes,

(ii) 18p per loaf when sold in loaves of 800 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 800 grammes,

(iii) 27p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1,250 grammes,

(iv) 35p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1,600 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1,600 grammes,

and

( b ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is wrapped (whether sliced or not sliced)—

(i) 10½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 400 grammes,

(ii) 19p per loaf when sold in loaves of 800 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 800 grammes,

(iii) 29p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1,250 grammes,

(iv) 37p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1,600 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1,600 grammes.

(2) For the purposes of this Article a loaf shall be deemed to be of a particular weight specified in this Article if its appearance is such that it is reasonable to infer from it that the loaf was of approximately that weight at the time it was baked.

5. (1) Batch bread and pan bread shall, when sold by retail, be sold only in loaves of 400 grammes, 800 grammes, 1,250 grammes or 1,600 grammes.

(2) This Order does not apply in relation to

( a ) any loaf of bread of 300 grammes or less, or

( b ) pan bread of any of the following brands:

(i) Hovis,

(ii) Procea,

(iii) Bermaline,

(iv) Hi-Vi,

(v) Maltana,

(vi) Dr. Vogel's Swiss Health Bread,

(vii) Thoma,

(viii) Abermalt,

(ix) Slimcea,

(x) Veda,

(xi) Tritamyl.

6. The Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 4) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 275 of 1974 ) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this

1st day of November, 1974.

P. Ó SLATARRA.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum prices and the weights at which bread, as defined in the Order, may be sold by retail.