S.I. No. 167/1983 - Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 2) Order, 1983.


S.I. No. 167 of 1983.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BUTTER) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1983.

The Minister for Trade, 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 Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1981 ( S.I. No. 290 of 1981 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 2) Order, 1983.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 23rd day of June 1983.

3. The maximum prices at which butter (other than butter in ½lb. foil wrapped packs containing no salt and marked as such by the manufacturer), whether foil wrapped or parchment wrapped, may be sold by retail shall be —

( a ) in the case of butter in 1lb. parchment wrapped packs, £0.90 per 1lb.,

( b ) in the case of butter in 1lb. foil wrapped packs, £0.91 per 1lb.,

( c ) in the case of butter in ½lb. parchment wrapped packs, £0.45 per ½lb.,

( d ) in the case of butter in ½lb. foil wrapped packs, £0.45½ per ½lb.,

( e ) in the case of butter in 500 gram foil wrapped packs, £1.00 per 500 grams,

( f ) in the case of butter in 250 gram foil wrapped packs, £0.50 per 250 grams,

( g ) in any other cases, prices calculated at the rate of £0.90 per lb.

4. Where butter (other than butter in 1lb. foil wrapped packs containing no salt and marked as such by the manufacturer) is sold by retail in a packet purporting to contain a specified weight of the butter, the packet shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to contain that weight of butter.

5. The Maximum Prices (Butter) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 134 of 1983 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Trade, Commerce

and Tourism, this 20th day of June, 1983.

S. MACLUGHADHA,

A person authorised by the Minister for Trade, Commerce and

Tourism to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail prices which may be charged for butter.