S.I. No. 29/1971 - Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices For Milk) Order, 1971

S.I. No. 29 of 1971.

DUBLIN DISTRICT MILK BOARD (MINIMUM PRICES FOR MILK) ORDER, 1971

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 43 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 (No. 43 of 1936) and section 22 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) (Amendment) Act, 1941 (No. 11 of 1941), as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1965 ), hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1971, and shall come into operation on the 15th day of February, 1971.

2. In this Order—

"registered producers" means persons registered in the register of producers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board;

"registered retailers" means persons registered in the register of retailers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board;

"registered wholesalers" means persons registered in the register of wholesalers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board.

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

4. The Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) (No. 2) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 66 of 1970 ), is hereby revoked.

5. The minimum prices to be paid to registered producers for milk sold by them to registered wholesalers and retailers shall be at the rates shown in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE.

Minimum Prices.

	Price per gallon If delivered in May, June, July or August	Price per gallon if delivered in April or September	Price per gallon if delivered in January, February, March, October, November to December
Delivered at the purchaser's registered premises	13·333p	17·500p	18·333p
Delivered at railway station nearest purchaser's registered premises	13·229p	17·395p	18·230p
Where delivered at the registered premises of the producer or at a collection place agreed upon with the purchaser, and the distance by public road between the producer's registered premises, or the collection place, and the purchaser's registered premises—
(a) does not exceed 10 miles	12·916p	17·083p	17·917p
(b) exceeds 10 miles but does not exceed 20 miles	12·812p	16·979p	17·813p
(c) exceeds 20 miles but does not exceed 30 miles	12·708p	16·875p	17·709p
(d) exceeds 30 miles but does not exceed 40 miles	12·604p	16·770p	17·605p
(e) exceeds 40 miles	12·500p	16·666p	17·500p

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of February, 1971.

(Signed) JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the expression in decimal currency of the minimum prices to be paid to registered producers as on and from 15th February, 1971 for milk sold by them to registered wholesalers and registered retailers in the Dublin Sale District.