S.I. No. 253/1982 - Maximum Prices (Flour) (No. 2) Order, 1982.

S.I. No. 253 of 1982.

MAXIMUM PRICES (FLOUR) (No. 2) ORDER, 1982.

The Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, 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, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1981 ( S.I. No. 290 of 1981 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Flour) (No. 2) Order, 1982.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1982.

3. (1) The maximum price at which a commodity specified in column (2) of the Table to this Article at any reference number may be sold by retail is hereby fixed at the price specified in column (3) of the said Table opposite the mention of the commodity in the said column (2).

(2) When a commodity specified in column (2) of the Table to this Article at any reference number is sold by retail in a manner other than that specified in column (3) of the said Table opposite the mention of the commodity in the said column (2), the maximum price at which it may be so sold shall be calculated by reference to a rate corresponding to the rate specified in the said column (3) opposite the mention of the commodity in the said column (2).

TABLE

Reference Number	Description
(1)	(2)
1	Plain white flour
2	Wheatenmeal, wheatmeal and wholemeal	43½p per kilogram
3	White self-raising flour	43½p per kilogram
4	White soda-bread mix	48p per kilogram
5	Brown bread mix	48½p per kilogram
6	Brown soda-bread mix	48½p per kilogram

4. Where a commodity specified in the Table to Article 3 of this Order is sold by retail in a packet or bag purporting to contain a specified weight of the commodity the packet or bag shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to contain that weight of the commodity.

5. The Maximum Prices (Flour) Order, 1982 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1982 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Trade, Commerce and

Tourism, this 30th day of July, 1982.

S. MAC LUGHADHA,

A person authorised by the Minister for Trade, Commerce and

Tourism to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum prices which may be charged for flour and wheatenmeal, wheatmeal or wholemeal, including self-raising flour, white soda-bread mix, brown bread mix and brown soda-bread mix.