S.I. No. 52/1976 - Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) (No. 3) Order, 1976.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) (No. 3) Order, 1976.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 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) (No. 2) Order, 1976 (

S.I. No. 21 of 1976

), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number

(1)

Commodity

(2)

Maximum Price

(3)

1

Butane 1 kilogram

£0.45 per cylinder

2

Propane 3.8 kilograms

£1.35 per cylinder

3

Butane 4.5 kilograms

£1.39 per cylinder

4

Butane 5 kilograms

£1.53 per cylinder

5

Propane 11 kilograms

£2.20 per cylinder

6

Butane 11.343 kilograms

£2.23 per cylinder

7

Propane 12.5 kilograms

£2.58 per cylinder

8

Butane 14.5 kilograms

£2.82 per cylinder

9

Propane 34 kilograms

£6.20 per cylinder

10

Propane 24 lbs.

£2.20 per cylinder

11

Butane 26 lbs.

£2.20 per cylinder

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 26th day of February, 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. 52 of 1976.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BOTTLED GAS) (No. 3) 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:—