S.I. No. 97/1979 - Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices For Milk) Order, 1979.

S.I. No. 97 of 1979.

DUBLIN DISTRICT MILK BOARD (MINIMUM PRICES FOR MILK) ORDER, 1979.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 43 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 (No. 43 of 1936), and section 22 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) (Amendment) Act, 1941 (No. 11 of 1941), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1979, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1979.

2. In this Order—

"registered producers" means persons registered in the register of producers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board;

"registered retailers" means persons registered in the register of retailers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board;

"registered wholesalers" means persons registered in the register of wholesalers kept by the Dublin District Milk Board.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

4. The Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 183 of 1978 ), is hereby revoked.

5. The minimum prices to be paid to registered producers for milk sold by them to registered wholesalers and retailers shall be at the rates shown in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE.

MINIMUM PRICES.

	Sold in May, June or July	Sold in April or August	Sold in January. February, March, September, October, November or December
Price per gallon (whether supplied at the registered premises of the producer, or at a collection place agreed on with the purchaser, or otherwise supplied)	52.0p	53.6p	62.6p

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of March, 1979.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prescribes the minimum prices to be paid to registered producers, as from 1st April, 1979, for milk sold by them to registered wholesalers and registered retailers in the Dublin District.