S.I. No. 120/1946 - Fancy Bread (Prices) Order, 1946.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1946. No. 120.

FANCY BREAD (PRICES) ORDER, 1946.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Bread (Regulation of Prices) Act, 1936 (No. 29 of 1936), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Fancy Bread (Prices) Order, 1946.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 15th day of May, 1946

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

3. This Order applies to the whole of the State.

4. In this Order the expression " fancy bread " means bread other than—

(a) bread which is commonly known as " Batch Bread ", that is to say, bread which is not baked in containers and is sold or offered for sale in loaves of which the outside is not all crust, or

(b) bread of any of the following proprietary brands—

Hofda,	Thoma,
Procea,	Halcon,
Bermaline,	Wheta, or

Perfection	produced by Johnston Mooney and O'Brien, Ltd., of Dublin.
Ideal	produced by Bolands, Ltd., of Dublin.
True-Gael	produced by James Rourke of Dublin.
Maltex	produced by Simcox & Sons, Ltd., of Cork.

Ormah	produced by Ormond and Ahern, Ltd., of Cork.
Numalt	produced by Richard V. Jago, of Cork.
Sunshine Brown	produced by Peter Lyons, of Drogheda.
Macamalt	produced by Alexander MacArthur of Sligo.
Brandon	produced by Patrick E. Barry of Tralee.
Abermalt	produced by T. W. Abernethy & Sons, Ltd., of Castlemartyr, Co. Cork.
Provincial Malt	produced by Joseph Hosford, Ltd., of Cork, or

(d) sliced pan loaves sold in wrappers, or

(e) bread commonly known as Soda Bread or Soda Cake, i.e. aerated bread containing aerating powders, salt and milk,

5. Fancy bread shall not be sold or offered for sale otherwise than in—

(i) units of less than eight ounces in weight, or

(ii) units of one pound or multiples of one pound in weight.

6. The maximum prices at which fancy bread may be sold or offered for sale, when sold or offered for sale under any set of conditions mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto, shall be the prices specified in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the relevant set of conditions.

7. The Fancy Bread (Prices) Order, 1943 ( S. R. & O. No. 388 of 1943 ) and the Fancy Bread (Prices) Order, 1943 (Amendment) Order, 1044 ( S. R. & O. No. 151 of 1944 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM PRICES AT WHICH FANCY BREAD MAY BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN UNITS OF ONE POUND OR MULTIPLES OF ONE POUND IN WEIGHT.

Ref. No.	Sets of conditions under which fancy bread is sold or offered for sale	Maximum Prices
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	When sold or offered for sale wholesale, delivery being taken by the purchaser at the place where the fancy bread is kept by the vendor.	4d. per unit of 1 lb. in weight. 3¾d. per lb. per unit of a multiple of 1 lb. in weight, less 10 per cent. in each instance.
2	When sold or offered for sale wholesale, delivery being made by the vendor to the purchaser at some place other than the place where the fancy bread is kept by the vendor.	4d. per unit of 1 lb. in weight. 3¾. per lb. per unit of a multiple of 1 lb. in weight, less 10 per cent. in each instance.
3	When sold or offered for sale retail by the baker thereof in a shop owned by him, delivery being taken by the purchaser at such shop.	3¾d. per unit of 1 lb. in weight. 3½d. per lb. per unit of a multiple of 1 lb. in weight.
4	When sold or offered for sale retail by a person other than the baker thereof in a shop owned by such person, delivery being taken by the purchaser at such shop.	4d. per unit of 1 lb. in weight. 3¾d. per lb. per unit of a multiple of 1 lb. in weight.
5	When sold or offered for sale retail, delivery being made by the vendor to the purchaser at some place other than the place of sale.	4d. per unit of 1 lb. in weight. 3¾d. per lb. per unit of a multiple of 1 lb. in weight.
6	When sold or offered for sale retail from a vehicle owned by the vendor, immediate delivery being taken by the purchaser.	4d. per unit of 1 lb. in weight. 3¾d. per lb. per unit of a multiple of 1 lb. in weight.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of May, 1946.

(Signed:) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.