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S.I. No. 222/1979 - Merchandise Marks (Prepacked Goods) (Marking and Quantities) (Amendment) Order, 1979.
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchandise Marks (Prepacked Goods) (Marking and Quantities) (Amendment) Order, 1979.
2. Part I of the First Schedule to the Merchandise Marks (Prepacked Goods) (Marking and Quantities) Order, 1973 (
S.I. No. 28 of 1973
), shall have effect as if—
(
a
) on and from the 1st day of July, 1979 —
(i) in so far as it applies to instant coffee and other coffee and chicory extracts in solid or paste form, the following were inserted in column (2)
"All sizes below 25 grams
25 grams
50 grams
100 grams
200 grams
300 grams
2.5 kilograms"
(ii) in so far as it applies to sugar, the following were inserted in the said column (2)
"All sizes below 100 grams
2.5 kilograms"
and
(
b
) on and from the 1st day of January, 1980—
(i) in so far as it applies to instant coffee and other coffee and chicory extracts in solid or paste form, the following were deleted from the said column (2)
"62.5 grams
125 grams
250 grams
375 grams
2 ounces
4 ounces
8 ounces
12 ounces
1 pound
1½ pounds
2 pounds
3 pounds
4 pounds
5 pounds
6 pounds
7 pounds"
and
(ii) in so far as it applies to sugar, the following were deleted from the said column (2)
"62.5 grams
375 grams
2 ounces
4 ounces
8 ounces
12 ounces
1 pound
1½ pounds
2 pounds
3 pounds
4 pounds
5 pounds
6 pounds
7 pounds".
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of June, 1979.
DESMOND O'MALLEY
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order amends the Merchandise Marks (Prepacked Goods) (Marketing and Quantities) Order, 1973 (as amended) so as to prescribe additional new ranges of sizes for sugar and for instant coffee and other coffee or chicory extracts (whether in solid or paste form) with effect from 1 July, 1979 and to withdraw, with effect from 1 January, 1980, some of the sizes prescribed for these goods in 1973.
S.I. No. 222 of 1979.
MERCHANDISE MARKS (PREPACKED GOODS) (MARKING AND QUANTITIES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1979.
I, DESMOND O'MALLEY, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, after consultation with such persons as appear to me to be substantially interested in the general subject-matter of the Order following and after compliance with subsection (10) of
section 2
of the
Merchandise Marks Act, 1970
(No. 10 of 1970), hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said section 2, as adapted by the Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 (
S.I. No. 306 of 1977
), order as follows