S.I. No. 155/1948 - Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 (Amendment) Order, 1948.

S.I. No. 155 of 1948.

BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1947 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1948.

I, DANIEL MORRISSEY, 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) as amended by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (Continuance) Act, 1947 (No. 39 of 1947)) 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 Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 (Amendment) Order, 1948.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of April, 1948.

2. The Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 111 of 1947 ) is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following additional article :—

" A. It shall be a good defence to a prosecution under any article of this Order to prove that the butter was not of a kind ordinarily known in the trade as creamery butter ".

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 28th day of April, 1948.

(Signed) DANIEL MORRISSEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.