S.I. No. 46/1975 - Maximum Prices (Butter) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 46 of 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BUTTER) ORDER, 1975.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Butter) Order, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 12th day of March, 1975.

3. The maximum prices at which butter (other than butter in ½ lb. foil wrapped packs containing no salt and marked as such by the manufacturer), whether foil or parchment wrapped, may be sold by retail shall be prices calculated at the rate of 47p per lb.

4. The Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 2) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 358 of 1974 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for

Industry and Commerce, this 7th day of March,

1975.

J. T. GODFREY.

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 retail price which may be charged for butter and revokes the Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 2) Order, 1974.