S.I. No. 338/1947 - Soap (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 338.

SOAP (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 Soap (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of October, 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. A person shall not sell by retail any soap, soap powder, soap flakes, or soap chips of a class or brand mentioned in the Schedule to this Order at a price exceeding a price calculated at the appropriate rate indicated with respect thereto in that Schedule.

4. For the purposes of this Order any fraction of a halfpenny shall be regarded as one halfpenny.

5. Where a direction is given by the Minister in respect of any particular person or group of persons or in respect of any particular soap or classification of soap, the provisions of this Order shall, if and in so far as they are inconsistent with such direction, have effect subject to such direction.

6. The Emergency Powers (Soap) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946 (S. R. & O. No. 69 of 1946) and Emergency Powers (Soap) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946 (Amendment) (No. 1) Order, 1946 (S. R. & O. No. 145 of 1946) are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM RATES OF RETAIL PRICES OF SOAP, SOAP POWDER, SOAP FLAKES AND SOAP CHIPS.

PART I.

Household Soap.

Ref. Number	Class or Brand of Household Soap	Maximum Rate of Retail Price
		s.	d.
	CARBOLIC SOAPS
1	Crean's Best Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
2	Crean's Household Carbolic	0	11	per 12 ozs.
3	Dixon's Best Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
4	Dixon's Household Carbolic	0	11	per 12 ozs.
5	Dolan's Best Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
6	Dowdall's Pure Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
7	Green Gross Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
8	Klymax Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
9	Lifebuoy	1	1	per 12 ozs.
10	McCormack's Household Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
11	Safeguard Carbolic and Iodine	1	1	per 12 ozs.
12	Warden Carbolic	1	1	per 12 ozs.
13	Wizard	1	1	per 12 ozs.
	HOUSEHOLD PALE SOAPS
14	Barrington's xx Best Tallow Crown	1	0	per 12 ozs.
15	Crean's xx Tallow Crown	1	0	per 12 ozs.
16	Crean's Household Crown	0	10	per 12 ozs.
17	Dixon's Best Tallow Crown	1	0	per 12 ozs.
18	Dixon's Household Pale	0	10	per 12 ozs.
19	Dolan's xx Tallow Crown	1	0	per 12 ozs.
20	Dowdall's xxx Tallow Crown	1	0	per 12 ozs.
21	Dowdall's Finest Primrose	1	0	per 12 ozs.
22	Favourite	1	0	per 12 ozs.
23	Gerard's Pale	1	0	per 12 ozs.
24	Gladiator	1	0	per 12 ozs.
25	Green Gross Pale	1	0	per 12 ozs.
26	Highway	1	0	per 12 ozs.
27	Keltic	1	0	per 12 ozs.
28	McCormack's Household Pale	1	0	per 12 ozs.
29	Ryan's Best Tallow Crown	1	0	per 12 ozs.
30	Ryan's Finest Primrose	1	0	per 12 ozs.
31	Ryan's Queen's Pale	1	0	per 12 ozs.
32	Ryan's Household	0	9½	per 12 ozs.
33	Revelation (Gerard's)	1	0	per 12 ozs.
34	Sunlight	1	0	per 12 ozs.
35	Tip Top	0	11	per 12 ozs.
36	White Line	1	0	per 12 ozs.
	OTHER HOUSEHOLD SOAP
37	Blackthorn	9d.		per 12 ozs.
38	Crean's Scouring Brown	10d.		per 12 ozs.
39	Dirtshifter	10d.		per 12 ozs.
40	Dixon's Pure White Curd	6d.		per 12 ozs.
41	Dolan's Scouring Brown	10d.		per 12 ozs.
42	McCormack's Scouring Brown	10d.		per 12 ozs.
43	Preservene	5d.		per 6 ozs.
44	Ryan's Scouring Brown	9d.		per 12 ozs.
45	Sambo	7½d.		per 12 ozs.

PART II.

Toilet Soaps.

Ref. No.	Class or Brand of Toilet Soap	Maximum Rate of Retail Price
46	Arbutus	9d.	per 3 ozs.
47	Buttermilk and Assorted	7d.	per 3 ozs.
48	Crean's Palm and Olive	7d.	per 3 ozs.
49	Crean's Safeguard Toilet Carbolic	7d.	per 3 ozs.
50	Delroi Castile	9d.	per 3 ozs.
51	Dixon's Toilet	7d.	per 3 ozs.
52	Dixon's Toilet Carbolic	8d.	per 3 ozs.
53	Dromona	8d.	per 3 ozs.
54	Honey Brand Curd	5d.	per 3 ozs.
55	Lifebuoy Toilet	7d.	per 3 ozs.
56	Lux Toilet	7d.	per 3 ozs.
57	Nabob Carbolic	8d.	per 3 ozs.
58	Nova Oatmeal	9d.	per 3 ozs.
59	Ozene	7d.	per 3 ozs.
60	Sanova Castile	1s. 6d.	per 6 ozs.
61	Vega Olive and Palm	8d.	per 3 ozs.
62	Vega Coal Tar	9d.	per 3 ozs.

PART III.

Soap Powders.

Ref. No.	Class or Brand of Soap Powder	Maximum Rate of Retail Price
63	Ozene Granulated Soap Powder	7d.	per 6 ozs.
64	Persil	7d.	per 6 ozs.
65	Rinso	6½d.	per 6 ozs.
66	Snowwhite	6d.	per 6 ozs.
67	Sola	7d.	per 6 ozs.
68	Speed	2d.	per 3 ozs.
69	Tip Top	3d.	per 3 ozs.
70	Titan	3d.	per 3 ozs.

PART IV.

Soap Flakes and Soap Chips.

Ref. No.	Class or Brand of Soap Flakes and Soap Chips	Maximum Rate of Retail Price
71	Dromona	1s. 2d.	per 6 ozs.
72	Notime	7d.	per 3 ozs.
73	Ripple	6d.	per 3 ozs.R
74	Ripple	1s. 5d.	per 9 ozs.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 22nd day of October, 1947.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.