S.I. No. 82/1951 - Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1951.

S.I. No. 82 of 1951.

BACON (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1951.

I, THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS, 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)), 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 Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1951.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 3rd day of April, 1951.

2. References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. In this Order—

(1) the word "bacon" includes any part of the carcase of a pig (excluding the offals, feet and head) which has been cured in any way, but does not include pickled pork ;

(2) any fraction of a halfpenny may be regarded as one halfpenny.

4. No person shall sell to a wholesale merchant or a retail merchant bacon of any description mentioned in the second column of the First Schedule hereto at a price exceeding a price (including the cost of delivery to the railway station nearest to the purchaser's premises) calculated at the rate mentioned in the third or fourth column (whichever is appropriate) of the said Schedule opposite the mention of bacon of that description except that in the case of smoked bacon, except cooked ham, the price calculated by reference to the said Schedule may be increased by not more than eighteen shillings per hundredweight.

5. No person shall sell by retail bacon of any description mentioned in the second column of the Second Schedule hereto at a price exceeding a price calculated at the rate mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of bacon of that description except that in the case of smoked bacon, except cooked ham, the price calculated by reference to the said Schedule may be increased by not more than 2d. per lb.

6. Where bacon is sold in a sack, wrapper or other container the prices set out in this Order shall include the cost of such container.

7. Where a direction is given by the Minister in respect of any particular person or group of persons or in respect of any particular bacon or description of bacon, the provisions of this Order shall, if and in so far as they are inconsistent with such direction, have effect subject to such direction.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Ref. No.	Description of Bacon	When sold to a wholesale merchant	When sold to a retail merchant

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
		Rate	Rate
		per cwt.	per cwt.
		s.	s.
1	Wiltshire Cut Sides	275	285
2	Wiltshire Cut Sides, with shoulders off, known as shoulderless	303	313
3	Wiltshire Cut Sides, with gammons off, known as Spencers	274	284
4	Middles	305	315
5	Backs	340	350
6	Bellies or streaks	280	290
7	Gammons or Square Cut Hams	300	310
8	Fore-ends	220	230
9	Long Clear Sides—Gammons on	286	296
10	Long Clear Sides—Gammons off	280	290
11	Long Clear Backs	300	310
12	Long Clear Bellies	245	255
13	Irish Rolls	282	292
14	All other descriptions of Bacon	220	230

		Rate	Rate
		per lb.	per lb.
15	Cooked Ham	4/2d	4/3d

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Ref. No.	Description of Bacon	When sold by retail
(1)	(2)	(3)
	Part I
	When sold in :—	Rate per lb.
		s.	d.
1	Whole Wiltshire Curt Sides	2	8
2	Whole Shoulderless Wiltshire Cut Sides	3	1
3	Whole Gammonless Wiltshire Cut Sides	2	10
4	Half Wiltshire Cut Sides—Gammon End	2	11
5	Half Wiltshire Cut Sides—Shoulder End	2	7½
6	Whole Wiltshire Cut Middles	3	1½

SECOND SCHEDULE. continued.

Ref. No.	Description of Bacon	When sold by retail
(1)	(2)	(3)
		Rate per lb.
		s.	d.
7	Whole Gammons or Square Cut Hams	3	2
8	Whole Fore-ends	2	3½
9	Whole Wiltshire Cut Backs	3	5½
10	Whole Wiltshire Cut Bellies	2	10½
11	Whole Long Clear Sides—Gammons on	2	11
12	Whole Long Clear Sides—Gammons off	2	10½
13	Whole Long Clear Backs	3	1
14	Whole Long Clear Bellies	2	6½
15	Whole Irish Rolls	2	11
16	Whole Cooked Ham	4	8
17	Any description of Bacon not elsewhere specified in this Schedule	1	6
	Part II
	When sold in Slices or Pieces :—
18	Gammon or Square Cut Ham—Round—Bone in	3	6
19	Gammon or Square Cut Ham—Shank—Bone in	3	1
20	Gammon or Square Cut Ham—Round—Boneless	4	0
21	Gammons or Square Cut Ham—Shank—Boneless	3	4
22	Collar	2	10
23	Shoulder	2	0
24	Breast	3	6
25	Wiltshire Back and Long Clear Back—Middle Cut	3	10
26	Streak and Long Clear Belly—Middle Cut	3	7
27	Flank and all other descriptions of Bacon	1	6
28	Cooked Ham	5	4

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 2nd day of April, 1951.

(Signed) T. F. O'HIGGINS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.