S.I. No. 142/1958 - The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 To 1956 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Minimum Prices (No. 1) Order, 1958.

S.I. No. 142 of 1958.

THE PIGS AND BACON ACTS, 1935 TO 1956 (PIGS AND BACON COMMISSION) MINIMUM PRICES (No. 1) ORDER, 1958.

WHEREAS sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No. 37 of 1956) provides that the Commission may by Order :—

(a) fix, in respect of carcases of factory-purchased pigs of any grade of any graded class sold while the Order is in force, the minimum price (in terms of a rate per hundredweight) thereof :

(b) fix, in respect of carcases of factory-purchased pigs of any non-graded class sold while the Order is in force, the minimum price (in terms of a rate per hundredweight) thereof.

NOW THEREFORE the Pigs and Bacon Commission, in exercise of the powers vested in it under the said section hereby orders as follows :—

(1) This Order may be cited as The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1956 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Minimum Prices (No. 1) Order, 1958.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1958.

(3) The minimum price of every carcase of a factory-purchased pig of the class and grade specified in the Schedule hereto sold during the currency of this Order shall be calculated at the rate per hundredweight specified in the Schedule hereto appropriate to the grade of such carcase.

(4) The Class and Grade of every carcase to which this Order applies shall be ascertained in the manner prescribed in The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1956 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Grading (No. 1) Order, 1958.

(5) The Emergency Powers (No. 293) Order, 1943 (Amendment) Order, 1956 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Minimum Prices (No. 1) Order, 1956, shall be and is hereby revoked as from the time when this Order comes into force.

SCHEDULE.

Provisions for calculating the minimum price of carcases of factory-purchased bacon pigs.

Class and Grade.	Rate per Hundredweight.
Bacon Pig—Grade " A "	230/-
Bacon Pig—Grade " B.1 "	225/-

GIVEN under the Seal of the Pigs and Bacon Commission this 19th day of June, 1958.

The Seal of the Commission was

affixed in the presence of :

F. O'LEARY,

Chairman.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the minimum prices in respect of carcases of factory-purchased pigs graded " A " and " B.1 ", purchased by licensed bacon curers on and after 1st July, 1958, at 230/- and 225/- per cwt. respectively.