S.I. No. 243/1980 - Maximum Prices (Sugar) Order, 1980.

S.I. No. 243 of 1980.

MAXIMUM PRICES (SUGAR) ORDER, 1980.

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, 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), the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Industry, Commerce and Energy (Alteration of the Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 10 of 1980 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Sugar) Order, 1980.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1980.

3. The maximum prices at which granulated white sugar may be sold by retail shall be—

( a ) in the case of a package purporting to contain 1 kilogram of such sugar, 43½p;

( b ) in the case of a package purporting to contain an amount other than 1 kilogram of such sugar, a price calculated at the rate of 43½p per kilogram.

4. The Maximum Prices (Sugar) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 304 of 1979 ), is hereby revoked.

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

this 28th day of July, 1980.

S. MAC LUGHADHA

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order fixes the maximum retail price which may be charged for granulated white sugar.