S.I. No. 226/1948 - Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948.

S.I. No. 226 of 1948.

BACON (MAXIMUM PRICES) 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 Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948.

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

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 ;

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 (whichever is 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.

6. Where bacon is sold in a sack, wrapper or other container the prices set out in this Order shall include the cost of such container.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Ref No.	Description of bacon	Rate per hundredweight when sold to wholesale merchant	Rate per hundredweight when sold to retail merchant
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
		s.	s.
1	Wiltshire Cut Sides	206	215
2	Wiltshire Cut Sides, with shoulders off, known as shoulderless	227	236
3	Wiltshire Cut Sides, with gammons off known as Spencers	209	218
4	Middles	234	243
5	Backs	271	280
6	Bellies or Streaks	199	208
7	Gammons or Square Cut Hams	212	221
8	Hams—Long Cut	246	255
9	Fore-ends	163	172
10	Long Clears—Gammons on	218	227
11	Long Clears—Gammons off	220	229
12	Long Clears Backs	232	241
13	Long Clear Bellies	202	211
14	Irish Rolls	222	231
15	All other Varieties of Bacon	206	215

SECOND SCHEDULE

Ref No.	Description of bacon	Rate per lb.
(1)	(2)	(3)
	Part I.
	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	10
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—contd.

Ref No.	Description of Bacon	Rate per lb.
(1)	(2)	(3)
	PART II
	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

7. The Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 258 of 1947 ) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 25th day of June, 1948.

(Signed) DANIEL MORRISSEY,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.