S.I. No. 121/1953 - Cork District Milk Board (Minimum Prices For Milk) Order, 1953.


S.I. No. 121 of 1953.

CORK 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 Cork District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1953, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1953.

2. In this Order—

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

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

" registered wholesalers " means persons registered in the register of wholesalers kept by the Cork District Milk Board.

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

4. The Cork District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1952 ( S.I. No. 107 of 1952 ), is hereby revoked.

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

(1) where the milk is delivered during the months of May to September inclusive—

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

(b) if the milk is delivered at a place other than the premises of the registered producer, one shilling and eleven pence per gallon ;

(2) where the milk is delivered during the months of October to April inclusive—

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

(b) if the milk is delivered at a place other than the premises of the registered producer, two shillings and seven pence per gallon.

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

(1) where the milk is delivered during the months of May to September inclusive—

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

(b) if the milk is delivered at a place other than the premises of the registered producer, one shilling and ten pence per gallon ;

(2) where the milk is delivered during the months of October to April inclusive—

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

(b) if the milk is delivered at a place other than the premises of the registered producer, two shillings and six pence per gallon.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 30th day of March, 1953.

(Signed) THOMAS WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture.