S.I. No. 156/1976 - Charges (Hairdressing) Display Order, 1976.


S.I. No. 156 of 1976.

CHARGES (HAIRDRESSING) DISPLAY ORDER, 1976.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 19 of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Charges (Hairdressing) Display Order, 1976.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 9th day of August, 1976.

3. A hairdresser shall display a notice setting out the charges for every service rendered by him in his capacity as a hairdresser.

4. (1) A notice specified in Article 3 of this Order shall be displayed—

( a ) in case any part of the premises used for the purposes of the business of rendering the services to which the notice relates is situated on the ground floor of any building and adjoins the public thoroughfare, in such a position outside the premises as to be clearly visible to and capable of being easily read by all persons on the public thoroughfare adjoining that part of the premises, and

( b ) in any other case, in such a position at or immediately inside each of the entrances to the premises as to be clearly visible to and capable of being easily read by all persons using such entrances.

(2) Where a single notice cannot be displayed in such a position as to comply with paragraph (1) (a) of this Article, such number of notices as may be necessary to secure such compliance shall be displayed.

(3) A notice displayed in a window of premises shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph (1) (a) of this Article, to be displayed outside the premises.

(4) The letters and figures on a notice specified in Article 3 of this Order shall be at least 6 millimetres in height and of proportionate width.

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

this 13th day of July, 1976.

JOHN DONOVAN.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce

to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order requires every person who carries on the business of hairdressing to display in a specified manner a notice setting out the charges for every service rendered by him in his capacity as a hairdresser.