S.I. No. 132/1949 - Sugar Order, 1949 (First Ration Period) Order, 1949

S.I. No. 132 of 1949.

SUGAR ORDER, 1949 (FIRST RATION PERIOD) ORDER, 1949

I, DANIEL MORRISSEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942 (which Orders are continued in force by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)), hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sugar Order, 1949 (First Ration Period) Order, 1949.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of May, 1949.

2. In this Order, the expression " the Principal Order " means the Sugar Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1949 ).

3. This Order shall be construed as one with the Principal Order.

4. This Order is supplemental to the Principal Order.

5. For the purposes of the Principal Order :—

(a) the period (in this Order referred to as the first ration period) of twenty-six weeks commencing on the 28th day of May, 1949, shall be a ration period ;

(b) page 2, containing coupons marked with the words " Siúicre—Sugar," of a general ration book issued under the Emergency Powers (General Rationing Provisions) Order, 1944 (S. R. & O. No. 130 of 1944), shall be applicable to the first ration period.

6. For the purposes of the Principal Order, each coupon in Page 2 forming part of a general ration book issued under the Emergency Powers (General Rationing Provisions) Order, 1944 (S. R. & O. No. 130 of 1944), and marked with the words " Siúicre—Sugar " and a number specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be a sugar coupon, but shall be valid only for the ration week commencing on the date set out in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of such sugar coupon.

SCHEDULE.

RATION WEEKS DURING WHICH CERTAIN SUGAR COUPONS ARE VALID.

Number marked on Sugar Coupon.	Date of commencement of ration week during which coupon is valid.
(1)	(2)
27	28th May, 1949.
28	4th June, 1949.
29	11th June, 1949.
30	18th June, 1949.
31	25th June, 1949.
32	2nd July, 1949.
33	9th July, 1949.
34	16th July, 1949.
35	23rd July, 1949.
36	30th July, 1949.
37	6th August, 1949.
38	13th August, 1949.
39	20th August, 1949.
40	27th August, 1949.
41	3rd September, 1949.
42	10th September, 1949.
43	17th September, 1949.
44	24th September, 1949.
45	1st October, 1949.
46	8th October, 1949.
47	15th October, 1949.
48	22nd October, 1949.
49	29th October, 1949.
50	5th November, 1949.
51	12th November, 1949.
52	19th November, 1949.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of May, 1949.

(Signed) DANIEL MORRISSEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.