S.I. No. 287/1973 - Restrictive Practices (Groceries) (Amendment) Order, 1973.


S.I. No. 287 of 1973.

RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES (GROCERIES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1973.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Restrictive Practices Act, 1972 (No. 11 of 1972), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) (Amendment) Order, 1973.

2. Article 3 (3) of the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1973 .), is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the following paragraphs:

"( a ) they shall, in the case of discounts related either to the quantity or value of single purchases of goods or to the quantity or value of the total purchases of goods by the same purchaser over a period of time, provide for variations in the rates of discounts which take reasonable account of the economies to the supplier attributable not only to the quantity or value of the goods purchased but also to the sizes and numbers of deliveries of the goods which the supplier is required to make, and

( b ) they shall not provide for any variations in the rates of discounts to any persons by reference to sales of goods to those persons by other suppliers, whether the other suppliers are members of any trade association or not ".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of October, 1973.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to amend Article 3 of the original Order in so far as it relates to the equitable application of any quantity or volume discounts allowed by suppliers. The Order requires to be confirmed by an Act of the Oireachtas before it will have the force of law.