S.I. No. 265/1975 - Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 4) Order, 1975.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 4) Order, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 21st day of November, 1975.

3. The maximum prices at which butter (other than butler in ½ lb. foil wrapped packs containing no salt and marked as such by the manufacturer), whether foil wrapped or parchment wrapped, may be sold by retail shall be—

(

a

) in the case of butter in foil wrapped packs, prices calculated at the rate of 43p per lb.

(

b

) in the case of butter in 1 lb. parchment wrapped packs, 42½p per 1 1b.,

(

c

) in the case of butter in ½ lb. parchment wrapped packs—

(i) if one pack only is comprised in the transaction, 21½p per ½ lb.,

(ii) if more than one pack is comprised in the transaction, 21½p per ½ lb. in the case of one of the packs and 21p per ½ lb. in the case of each of the other packs,

(

d

) in any other cases, prices calculated at the rate of 42½p per lb.

4. The Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 3) Order, 1975 (

S.I. No. 224 of 1975

), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 17th day of November, 1975.

JOHN DONOVAN.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail prices which may be charged for butter and revokes the Maximum Prices (Butter) (No. 3) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 265 of 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BUTTER) (No. 4) ORDER, 1975.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, 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), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 (

S.I. No. 96 of 1973

), hereby orders as follows