S.I. No. 77/1977 - Retail Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977.

S.I. No. 77 of 1977.

RETAIL PRICES (INTOXICATING LIQUOR) ORDER, 1977.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 (No. 96 of 1973), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Retail Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 17th day of March, 1977.

3. This Order applies to the following intoxicating liquors—

( a ) draught stout or draught ale sold by the pint,

( b ) stout or ale sold by the half-pint bottle,

( c ) whiskey or whisky sold by the glass or half glass,

( d ) gin sold by the glass or half glass,

( e ) vodka sold by the glass or half glass,

but does not apply to such liquors when sold for consumption off the premises in which they are sold or when sold in premises registered under the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1975.

4. The price charged in a particular part of any premises for intoxicating liquor to which this Order applies shall be the price obtaining for that liquor on the 11th day of March, 1977, in that part of those premises.

5. For the purpose of paragraph 4 of this Order, the price specified in respect of a particular intoxicating liquor in any notice under the Retail Price (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Display Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1976 ) displayed in a particular part of premises on the 11th day of March, 1977, shall be deemed to be the price obtaining on that day for that intoxicating liquor in that part of those premises.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce this 16th day of March, 1977.

CORMAC O'CONNOR.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce to

authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that the price charged, for intoxicating liquor as specified in the Order, in a particular part of any licensed premises, shall be the price obtaining for that liquor on the 11th March, 1977, in that part of the premises. The Order does not apply to liquors sold for consumption off the premises or liquors sold in premises registered under the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1975.