S.I. No. 289/1956 - Motor Fuel (Retail Sale) Order, 1956.

S.I. No. 289 of 1956.

MOTOR FUEL (RETAIL SALE) ORDER, 1956.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, 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. This Order may be cited as the Motor Fuel (Retail Sale) Order 1956.

2. In this Order—

" dealer " means a person carrying on the business of supplying motor fuel by retail ;

" motor fuel " means any hydrocarbon oil suitable for use for combustion in a compression ignition or spark ignition engine.

3. A dealer shall not sell or supply motor fuel between 1 p.m. on any Saturday and 8 a.m. on the next following Monday.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of November, 1956.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this instrument is to prohibit the sale or supply of motor fuel at weekends between the hours of 1 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on the following Monday.