S.I. No. 172/1960 - Carriage of Wheat Order, 1960.

1. This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Wheat Order, 1960.

2. During the period commencing on the 1st day of September, 1960, and ending on the 31st day of August, 1961,

section 9

of the

Road Transport Act, 1933

(No. 8 of 1933) (which restricts the carriage of merchandise by unlicensed persons) shall not apply to the carriage of wheat by a person authorised under the Wheat Order, 1960 (

S.I. No. 148 of 1960

), to act as the agent of the licensee of a mill licensed under

section 21

of the

Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

(No. 7 of 1933), where the wheat was purchased by the agent for the licensee or for An Bóord Gráin and is carried in a vehicle owned by the agent.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of August, 1960.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is that licensed agents of licensed mills may, as heretofore, use their own vehicles for the transport of wheat purchased by them for licensed mills, during the period 1st September, 1960, to 31st August, 1961, although not licensed under the

Road Transport Act, 1933

, for the purpose and they may also carry in their own vehicles wheat purchased for An Bórd Gráin.

S.I. No. 172 of 1960.

CARRIAGE OF WHEAT ORDER, 1960.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the power conferred on me by subsection (3) of

section 2

of the

Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955

(No. 21 of 1955,) as amended by subsection (1) of

Section 23

of the

Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1958

(No. 24 of 1958), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (

S.I. No. 125 of 1959

), hereby order as follows:—