S.I. No. 210/2000 - Retail Prices (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Order, 2000

S.I. No. 210 of 2000.

Retail Prices (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Order, 2000

I, Tom Kitt, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), (as adapted by the Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1997 )), the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 330 of 1997 ), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 2000 ( S.I. No. 209 of 2000 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Retail Prices (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Order, 2000.

(2) The Order shall come into operation on the 6th day of July, 2000.

2. This Order shall apply to all areas of the State.

3. This Order applies to the following beverages -

(a) draught stout, sold by the pint or 568 millilitres,

(b) draught ale, sold by the pint or 568 millilitres,

(d) draught cider, sold by the pint or 568 millilitres,

(e) stout, sold in bottles of a capacity of 330 millilitres,

(f) ale, sold in bottles of a capacity of 330 millilitres,

(g) lager, sold in bottles of a capacity of 330 millilitres,

(h) cider, sold in bottles of a capacity of 330 millilitres,

(i) whiskey, sold by the glass or 35.5 millilitres,

(j) vodka, sold by the glass or 35.5 millilitres,

(k) gin, sold by the glass or 35.5 millilitres,

(l) carbonated beverage, sold in bottles of a capacity of 200 millilitres,

(m) carbonated beverage having a cola base, sold in bottles of a capacity of 200 millilitres,

(n) mixer, sold in bottles of a capacity of 113 millilitres,

(o) water, sold in bottles of a capacity of 250 millilitres,

(p) wine, sold in bottles of a capacity of 187 millilitres,

4. (1) The price charged in any particular part of any premises at any particular time of day for a beverage to which this Order applies shall be the price obtaining for that beverage on 15 May 2000 in that part of those premises at that time of day.

(2) In this Order “premises” means any place where intoxicating liquor is sold for consumption on that premises.

5. For the purpose of Article 4 of this Order, where, in any books, documents or records

(a) more than one price is specified to be the price charged on 15 May 2000 for a beverage to which this Order applies, and

(b) the particular part of the premises in which, or the particular time of the day at which, those specified prices were charged is not specified,

the lower of the specified prices shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to be the price charged for that beverage in any particular part of that premises at any time of the day.

6. This Order shall remain in force for a period of 6 months from the date on which it is made.

	GIVEN under my Hand, this 6th day of July, 2000.
	TOM KITT
	Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The effect of this Order, which shall apply for a period of six months from 6th July, 2000 to all areas of the State, is to stipulate that the prices charged, for the particular beverages indicated, in any particular part of a licensed premises shall be those obtaining and displayed on 15th May, 2000.