S.I. No. 166/1975 - Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 2) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 166 of 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAD) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1975.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 and 20 of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 2) Order, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of July, 1975.

3. In this Order—

"batch bread" means bread which is not baked in containers and which is sold or offered for sale in loaves of which the outside is not all crust;

"pan bread" means bread baked in containers.

4. (1) The maximum price at which batch bread and pan bread may be sold by retail shall be—

( a ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is unwrapped—

(i) 9p per loaf when sold in loaves of 14 ozs, 1 dram, 20 grains (to which weight the equivalent in the metric system is 400 grammes),

(ii) 16p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1 lb., 12 ozs., 3 drams, 14 grains (to which weight the equivalent in the metric system is 800 grammes) or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1 lb., 12 ozs., 3 drams, 14 grains,

(iii) 24p per loaf when sold in loaves of 2 lbs., 12 ozs., 1 dram, 13 grains (to which weight the equivalent in the metric system is 1,250 grammes),

(iv) 31p per loaf when sold in loaves of 3 lbs., 8 ozs., 7 drams (to which weight the equivalent in the metric system is 1,600 grammes) or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 3 lbs., 8 ozs., 7 drams,

and

( b ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is wrapped (whether sliced or not sliced)—

(i) 10p per loaf when sold in loaves of 14 ozs., 1 dram, 20 grains,

(ii) 17p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1 lb., 12 ozs., 3 drams, 14 grains or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1 lb., 12 ozs., 3 drams, 14 grains,

(iii) 26p per loaf when sold in loaves of 2 lbs., 12 ozs., 1 dram, 13 grains,

(iv) 33p per loaf when sold in loaves of 3 lbs., 8 ozs., 7 drams or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 3 lbs., 8 ozs., 7 drams.

(2) For the purposes of this Article a loaf shall be deemed to be of a particular weight specified in this Article if its appearance is such that it is reasonable to infer from it that the loaf was of approximately that weight at the time it was baked.

5. (1) Batch bread and pan bread shall, when sold by retail, be sold only in loaves of 14 ozs., 1 dram, 20 grains or 1 lb., 12 ozs., 3 drams, 14 grains or 2 lbs., 12 ozs., 1 dram, 13 grains or 3 lbs., 8 ozs., 7 drams.

(2) This Order does not apply in relation to—

( a ) any loaf of bread of 10 ounces, 9 drams, 9 grains (to which the equivalent in the metric system is 300 grammes) or less,

or

( b ) pan bread of any of the following brands:

(i) Hovis,

(ii) Procea,

(iii) Bermaline,

(iv) Hi-Vi,

(v) Maltana,

(vi) Dr. Vogel's Swiss Health Bread,

(vii) Thoma,

(viii) Abermalt,

(ix) Slimcea,

(x) Veda,

(xi) Tritamyl.

6. The Maximum Prices (Bread) Order, 1975 ( S.I. No. 42 of 1975 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce this 24th day of July, 1975.

JOHN DONOVAN.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum prices and the weights at which bread, as defined in the Order, may be sold by retail.