S.I. No. 109/1953 - Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices For Milk) Order, 1953.

S.I. No. 109 of 1953.

DUBLIN DISTRICT MILK BOARD (MINIMUM PRICES FOR MILK) ORDER, 1953.

I, THOMAS WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 22 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) (Amendment) Act, 1941 (No. 11 of 1941), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1953, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1953.

2. In this Order—

" registered producers " means persons registered in the register of producers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board ;

" registered retailers " means persons registered in the register of retailers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board ;

" registered wholesalers " means persons registered in the register of wholesalers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board ;

" collecting place " means a place other than the producer's registered premises at which milk is delivered by mutual agreement between the producer and the purchaser.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

4. The Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1952 ( S.I. No. 106 of 1952 ) is hereby revoked.

5. The minimum prices to be paid to registered producers for milk sold by them to registered wholesalers and retailers shall be at the following rates :

(1) where the milk is delivered during the month of April, or during the months of September to March, inclusive—

(a) if the milk is delivered at the registered premises of the purchaser, two shillings and eight pence per gallon ;

(b) if the milk is delivered, in the case of a registered wholesaler or retailer carrying on business in the City of Dublin at a railway station in the City of Dublin, or, in the case of any other registered wholesaler or retailer, at the railway station nearest to such wholesaler's or retailer's registered premises, two shillings and seven pence three farthings per gallon ;

(c) if the milk is delivered at the registered premises of the producer or at the collecting place—

(i) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises does not exceed ten miles, two shillings and seven pence per gallon ;

(ii) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds ten miles, but does not exceed twenty miles, two shillings and six pence three farthings per gallon ;

(iii) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises, exceeds twenty miles, but does not exceed thirty miles, two shillings and six pence halfpenny per gallon ;

(iv) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds thirty miles, but does not exceed forty miles, two shillings and six pence farthing per gallon ;

(v) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds forty miles, two shillings and six pence per gallon ;

(2) where the milk is delivered during the months of May to August, inclusive—

(a) if the milk is delivered at the registered premises of the purchaser, one shilling and ten pence per gallon ;

(b) if the milk is delivered, in the case of a registered wholesaler or retailer carrying on business in the City of Dublin, at a railway station in the City of Dublin, or, in the case of any other registered wholesaler or retailer, at the railway station nearest to such wholesaler's or retailer's registered premises, one shilling and nine pence three farthings per gallon ;

(c) if the milk is delivered at the registered premises of the producer or at the collecting place—

(i) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises does not exceed ten miles, one shilling and nine pence per gallon ;

(ii) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds ten miles, but does not exceed twenty miles, one shilling and eight pence three farthings per gallon ;

(iii) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds twenty miles, but does not exceed thirty miles, one shilling and eight pence halfpenny per gallon ;

(iv) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds thirty miles, but does not exceed forty miles, one shilling and eight pence farthing per gallon ;

(v) where the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collecting place, as the case may be, and the purchaser's registered premises exceeds forty miles, one shilling and eight pence per gallon.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 23rd day of March, 1953.

(Signed) THOMAS WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture.