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S.I. No. 188/1948 - Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (Exchange Value of Tea Coupons) Order, 1948.

S.I. No. 188 of 1948.

EMERGENCY POWERS (RETAIL DISTRIBUTION OF TEA) ORDER, 1943 (EXCHANGE VALUE OF TEA COUPONS) 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)), hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (Exchange Value of Tea Coupons) Order, 1948.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 5th day of June, 1948.

2. In this Order the expression " the Principal Order " means the Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (S. R. & O. No. 60 of 1943), as amended by the Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (First Amendment) Order, 1944 (S. R. & O. No. 22 of 1944), the Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (Second Amendment) Order, 1944 (S. R. & O. No. 170 of 1944), and the Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (Third Amendment) Order, 1947 (S. R. & O. No. 380 of 1947).

3. This Order shall be construed as one with the Principal Order.

4. This Order is supplemental to the Principal Order.

5.—(1) For the purposes of the Principal Order, the exchange value of a tea coupon during any ration week commencing on or after the 5th day of June, 1948, shall be two ounces of tea.

(2) The reference in paragraph (2) of Article 15 of the Principal Order to twice the exchange value of a tea coupon during a ration week shall, in the case of the ration week commencing on the 29th day of May, 1948, be construed as a reference to three and one-half ounces of tea.

6. The Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (Exchange Value of Tea Coupons) Order, 1946 (S. R. & O. No. 154 of 1946), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of May, 1948.

(Signed) DANIEL MORRISSEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.