S.I. No. 363/1946 - Dried Figs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Dried Figs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of December, 1946.

2. References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. No person shall sell dried figs at a price exceeding a price calculated at whichever of the following rates is appropriate, that is to say:—

(1) When sold by wholesale—98/-per cwt. f.o.r.

(2) When sold by retail—½ per lb.

4. The Emergency Powers (Dried Figs) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946 (S. R. & O. No. 81 of 1946) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 3rd day of December, 1946.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1946. No. 363.

DRIED FIGS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1946.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942) (which Orders are continued in force by the

Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946

(No. 22 of 1946)), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows:—