S.I. No. 25/1957 - Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1957

1. This Order may be cited as the Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1957.

2. This Order shall be construed as one with the Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956 (

S.I. No. 46 of 1956

).

3. The Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956, is hereby amended by the substitution, for the First Schedule thereof, of the Schedule to this Order.

4. Article 5 of the Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956 (which relates to the letting of goods) shall cease to apply to motor cars.

5. The Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956 (Amendment) Order, 1956 (

S.I. No. 128 of 1956

), and the Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956 (Amendment) Order, 1957 (

S.I. No. 4 of 1957

), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Description of goods

Minimum deposit

Maximum period of payment

Motor vehicles including motor cycles, motor scooters, autocycles and power-assisted cycles

10%

3 years

Pedal cycles

10%

1½ years

Perambulators, baby carriages and similar articles

10%

2 years

Domestic furniture, floor coverings, carpets and mattresses

10%

3 years

Personal clothing

(a) single article, suit costume or set of clothing the cash price of which is £20 or more.

50%

1 year

(b) other articles

25%

1 year

Radio sets and accessories

10%

2 years

Television sets

20%

2 years

Musical instruments and cameras

33½%

1½ years

Tiled fireplaces

10%

2 years

Refrigerators, washing, drying, cleaning and polishing machines

33

1

/

3

%

1½ years

Other goods

20%

2 years

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of February, 1957.

(Signed) WILLIAM NORTON

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order changes certain provisions of the Hiring, Hire-Purchase and Credit Sale Order, 1956, as amended.

The changes are as follows :—

(1) the conditions as to minimum deposits and/or maximum periods of payment are relaxed in respect of motor cars, motor cycles, etc., furniture, personal clothing, radio and television sets, and tiled fireplaces; and

(2) motor cars are exempted from the restrictions on letting.

S.I. No. 25 of 1957.

HIRING, HIRE-PURCHASE AND CREDIT SALE ORDER, 1956 (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1957

I, WILLIAM NORTON, 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)), hereby order as follows :—