S.I. No. 212/1978 - Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1978.

S.I. No. 212 of 1978.

MAXIMUM PRICES (INTOXICATING LIQUOR) ORDER, 1978.

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1977 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1978.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 27th day of July 1978.

3. In this Order—

"glass" means half-gill;

"half-glass" means quarter-gill;

"premises" does not include any premises registered for the time being under the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1975.

4. (1) The maximum price at which intoxicating liquor of a kind specified in column (2) of the Table to this Article at any reference number may be sold in the quantity, measure or unit specified in that column at that reference number in any particular part of any premises for consumption on the premises shall be—

( a ) the lowest price charged in respect of that liquor for that quantity, measure or unit thereof in that part of those premises between the 19th day of June, 1978, and the 24th day of June, 1978, when sold for consumption on the premises, or

( b ) the maximum price chargeable in respect of that liquor for that quantity, measure or unit thereof in that part of those premises under the Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1977 ), when sold for consumption on the premises,

whichever is the lower, increased by the amount specified in column (3) of that table at that reference number.

(2) Where in proceedings for a contravention of this Article it is shown to the satisfaction of a court that intoxicating liquor of a kind specified in column (2) of the Table to this Article at any reference number was sold at a particular price between the 19th day of June, 1978, and the 24th day of June, 1978, in a quantity, measure or unit specified in that column at that reference number in any particular part of any premises for consumption on the premises, the price aforesaid shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, to be—

( a ) the lowest price at which that kind of liquor was sold in that quantity, measure or unit in that part of those premises for consumption on the premises between those dates, and

( b ) to be lower than the maximum price chargeable in respect of that kind of liquor for that quantity, measure or unit thereof in that part of those premises under the Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977, when sold for consumption on the premises.

(3) Where, in relation to intoxicating liquor of a kind specified in column (2) of the Table to this Article that is sold in a quantity, measure or unit referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article in any particular part of any premises for consumption on the premises, the price specified in subparagraph (a) of that paragraph is equal to the price specified in subparagraph (b) of that paragraph, the price specified in the said subparagraph (a) shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to be lower than the price specified in the said subparagraph (b).

TABLE

Reference Number	Kind of intoxicating liquor and quantity, measure or unit thereof	Amount of Increase
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Pint of draught stout	2p
2.	Pint of draught ale	2p
3.	Pint of draught lager	2p
4.	Half-pint of draught stout	1p
5.	Half-pint of draught ale	1p
6.	Half-pint of draught lager	1p
7.	Bottle of stout of a capacity of a pint	2p
8.	Bottle of ale of a capacity of a pint	2p
9.	Bottle of lager of a capacity of a pint	2p
10.	Bottle of stout of a capacity of a half-pint	1p
11.	Bottle of ale of a capacity of a half-pint	1p
12.	Bottle of lager of a capacity of a half-pint	1p
13.	Glass of Irish whiskey (or whisky)	4p
14.	Glass of whiskey (or whisky) other than Irish whiskey (or whisky)	4p
15.	Half-glass of Irish whiskey (or whisky)	2p
16.	Half-glass of whiskey (or whisky) other than Irish whiskey (or whisky)	2p
17.	Glass of gin	4p
18.	Half-glass of gin	2p
19.	Glass of vodka	4p
20.	Half-glass of vodka	2p

5. The Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977 is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for

Industry, Commerceand Energy, this 20th day of

July, 1978.

J. T. GODFREY.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce

and Energy to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that the price charged for intoxicating liquor as specified in the Order, in a particular part of any licensed premises, shall be the lowest price charged for that liquor during the period 19th to 24th June 1978 in that part of the premises or the maximum price chargeable under the Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977 whichever is the lower, increased by the amount specified in the Order. The Order does not apply to liquors sold for consumption off the premises or liquors sold in premises registered under the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1975. The Order revokes the Maximum Prices (Intoxicating Liquor) Order, 1977.