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S.I. No. 62/1962 - Restrictive Trade Practices (Motor Spirit and Motor Vehicle Lubricating Oil) Order, 1961 (Amendment) Order, 1962.

S.I. No. 62 of 1962.

RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (MOTOR SPIRIT AND MOTOR VEHICLE LUBRICATING OIL) ORDER, 1961 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1962.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of section 9 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1953 (No. 14 of 1953), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Motor Spirit and Motor Vehicle Lubricating Oil) Order, 1961 (Amendment) Order, 1962.

2. The Restrictive Trade Practices (Motor Spirit and Motor Vehicle Lubricating Oil) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1961 ), is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in Article 2 of the following definition for the definition of " wholesaler " :

" ' wholesaler ' means any person who sells or offers for sale motor spirit or motor vehicle lubricating oil or both such spirit and such oil to any person for resale, whether by wholesale or by retail, or to a commercial consumer ",

and

(b) the substitution in Article 12 of the following paragraph for paragraph (2) :

" (2) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply in relation to an agreement, arrangement or understanding between a wholesaler and any other person in respect of the prices at which motor spirit of the wholesaler's brand or brands or motor vehicle lubricating oil of the wholesaler's brand or brands is sold or offered for sale by that other person to retailers for resale or to commercial consumers or in relation to any act done by the wholesaler pursuant to the agreement, arrangement or understanding."

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 9th day of April, 1962.

JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to extend the scope of the exemptions in Article 12 (2) of the original Order so as to allow agreements between wholesalers and sub-distributors of their products. The Order requires to be confirmed by an Act of the Oireachtas before it will have the force of law.