S.I. No. 258/1947 - Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 258.

BACON (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1947.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942) (which Orders are continued in force by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)) and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of August, 1947.

2. References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. In this Order—

the word " bacon " includes any part of the carcase of a pig (excluding the offals, feet and head) which has been cured in any way, but does not include pickled pork ;

the expression " wholesale merchant " means a person who sells bacon only to a person buying it for the purposes of resale ;

the expression " retail merchant " means a person who sells bacon to any person buying it otherwise than for the purposes of resale.

4. No person shall sell to a wholesale merchant or a retail merchant bacon of any description mentioned in the second column of the First Schedule hereto at a price exceeding a price (including the cost of delivery to the railway station nearest to the purchaser's premises) calculated at the rate mentioned in the third or fourth column (whicheveris appropriate) of the said Schedule opposite the mention of bacon of that description except that in the case of smoked bacon the price calculated by reference to the said schedule may be increased by not more than fourteen shillings per hundredweight.

5. No person shall sell by retail bacon of any description mentioned in the second column of the Second Schedule hereto at a price exceeding a price calculated at the rate mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of bacon of that description except that :—

(1) in the case of smoked bacon, except cooked ham, the rates shown at Part I of the said Schedule may be increased by not more than 1¾d. per lb.

(2) in the case of smoked bacon, except cooked ham, the rates shown at Part II of the said Schedule may be increased by not more than 2d. per lb.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Ref. No.	Description of Bacon	Rate per hundred-weight when sold to wholesale merchant	Rate per hundred-weight when sold to retail merchant
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1	Wiltshire Cut Slides	200/-	210/-
2	Wiltshire Cut Sides, with shoulders off, known as shoulderless	221/-	231/-
3	Wiltshire Cut Sides, with gammons off, known as Spencers	204/-	214/-
4	Middles	228/-	238/-
5	Backs	264/-	274/-
6	Bellies or Streaks	193/-	203/-
7	Gammons or Square Cut Hams	206/-	216/-
8	Hams—Long Cut	240/-	250/-
9	Fore-ends	158/-	168/-
10	Long Clears—Gammons on	212/-	222/-
11	Long Clears—Gammons off	214/-	224/-
12	Long Clear Backs	226/-	236/-
13	Long Clear Bellies	195/-	205/-
14	Irish Rolls	215/-	225/-
15	All other Varieties of Bacon	200/-	210/-

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Ref. No.	Description of Bacon	Rate per lb.
(1)	(2)	(3)
	When sold in—	s.	d.
1	Whole Wiltshire Cut Sides	2	1
2	Whole Shoulderless Wiltshire Cut Sides	2	4
3	Whole Gammonless Wiltshire Cut Sides	2	1½
4	Half Wiltshire Cut Sides—Gammon End	2	3
5	Half Wiltshire Cut Sides—Shoulder End	2	0
6	Whole Wiltshire Cut Middles	2	4½
7	Whole Gammons or Square Cut Hams	2	4½
8	Whole Hams—Long Cut	2	10
9	Whole Fore-Ends	1	10½
10	Whole Wiltshire Cut Backs	2	8½
11	Whole Wiltshire Cut Bellies	2	0
12	Whole Long Clear Sides—Gammons on	2	2½
13	Whole Long Clear Sides—Gammons off	2	3
14	Whole Long Clear Backs	2	4
15	Whole Long Clear Bellies	2	0½
16	Whole Irish Rolls	2	3
17	Whole Cooked Ham—Boneless	4	2
18	Whole Cooked Ham—Bone in	3	3
19	All other Varieties of Bacon	1	2

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PART II.

Ref. No.	Description of Bacon.	Rate per lb.
(1)	(2)	(3)
	When sold in slices or pieces—	s.	d.
20	Gammon or Square Cut Ham—Round	3	1
21	Gammon or Square Cut Ham—Shank	2	1
22	Ham—Long Cut—Round	3	5
23	Ham—Long-Cut—Shank	2	2
24	Fore-end (comprising Collar, Shoulder and Breast)	1	11
25	Wiltshire Back and Long Clear Back—Middle Cut	3	1
26	Streak and Long Clear Belly—Middle Cut	2	11
27	Flank	1	3
28	Cooked Ham	4	10
29	All other Varieties of Bacon	1	3

6. Emergency Powers (Bacon) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1943 (S. R. & O. No. 279 of 1943) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 31st day of July, 1947.

(Signed), SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.