S.I. No. 21/1976 - Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) (No. 2) Order, 1976.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) (No. 2) Order, 1976.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of February, 1976.

3. The maximum price at which a commodity mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number may be sold by retail is hereby fixed at the price mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

4. The Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) Order, 1976 (

S.I. No. 7 of 1976

), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

(1)

Commodity

(2)

Maximum Price

(3)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Butane 1 kilogram

Propane 3.8 kilograms

Butane 4.5 kilograms

Butane 5 kilograms

Propane 11 kilograms

Butane 11.343 kilograms

Propane 12.5 kilograms

Butane 14.5 kilograms

Propane 34 kilograms

Propane 24 lbs.

Butane 26 lbs.

£0.45 per cylinder

£1.33 per cylinder

£1.37 per cylinder

£1.51 per cylinder

£2.15 per cylinder

£2.18 per cylinder

£2.52 per cylinder

£2.76 per cylinder

£6.05 per cylinder

£2.15 per cylinder

£2.15 per cylinder

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 30th day of January, 1976.

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 for bottled gas as shown in the Order.

S.I. No. 21 of 1976.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BOTTLED GAS) (No. 2) ORDER, 1976.

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:—