S.I. No. 138/1975 - Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 138 of 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BOTTLED GAS) 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 (Bottled Gas) Order, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1975.

3. The maximum price at which a commodity mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number may be sold is hereby fixed at the price mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

4. The Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1975, ( S.I. No. 94 of 1975 ), is hereby amended by the deletion of the matter at reference numbers 7 to 17.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number	Commodity	Maximum Price
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	Butane 1 kilogram	£041 per cylinder
2	Propane 38 kilograms	£121 per cylinder
3	Butane 45 kilograms	£124 per cylinder
4	Butane 5 kilograms	£137 per cylinder
5	Propane 11 kilograms	£183 per cylinder
6	Butane 11343 kilograms	£186 per cylinder
7	Propane 125 kilograms	£216 per cylinder
8	Butane 145 kilograms	£240 per cylinder
9	Propane 34 kilograms	£504 per cylinder
10	Propane 24 lbs.	£183 per cylinder
11	Butane 26 lbs.	£183 per cylinder

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

this 30th day of June, 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 prices which may be charged for bottled gas and amends the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1975 by removing the price of bottled gas from the scope of that Order.