S.I. No. 193/1971 - Maximum Prices (Milk) (Ballinasloe) Order 1971.

S.I. No. 193 of 1971.

MAXIMUM PRICES (MILK) (BALLINASLOE) ORDER 1971.

I, PATRICK J. LALOR, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 22A (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 208 of 1965 ), as continued in force by the Prices Stabilisation (Continuance) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 103 of 1971 ) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Milk) (Ballinasloe) Order, 1971.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of June, 1971.

3. In this Order—

"bottled milk" means fresh milk placed in any closed receptacle of a capacity exceeding a half-pint and not exceeding one quart at a wholesaler's or retailer's premises;

"fresh milk" has the meaning assigned to it by the Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 (No. 22 of 1935), and the regulations made thereunder.

4. The maximum prices at which bottled milk (other than milk which is highest grade milk within the meaning of the Milk and Dairies (Special Designations) Regulations, 1938 to 1955), may be sold by retail in the urban district of Ballinasloe in the county of Galway shall be prices calculated at the rate of 4 new pence per pint.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of June, 1971.

PATRICK J. LALOR,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes, as from 24th June, 1971, the maximum retail price for bottled milk (other than highest grade milk) in Ballinasloe, County Galway. Milk sold in bottles or other closed receptacles of a capacity of a half-pint or less is excluded from the scope of the Order.