S.I. No. 286/1973 - Petroleum Oils (Control of Supply and Distribution) Order, 1973.

S.I. No. 286 of 1973.

PETROLEUM OILS (CONTROL OF SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1973.

The Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 2 (1) of the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1971 (No. 3 of 1971), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Petroleum Oils (Control of Supply and Distribution) Order, 1973.

2. This Order shall remain in force for six months from its making.

3. It is hereby declared that the exigencies of the common good necessitate the control by the Minister for Transport and Power on behalf of the State of the supply and distribution of petroleum oils.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 18th day of October, 1973.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.