S.I. No. 333/1979 - Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) (No. 3) Order, 1979.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bottled Gas) (No. 3) Order, 1979.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 8th day of October, 1979.

3. The maximum price at which a commodity mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number may he 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. 1979 (

S.I. No. 240 of 1979

), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

Commodity

Maximum Price

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

2

3

4

5

6

Butane

Propane

Butane

Propane

Propane

Butane

5

11

11.343

34

24

26

kilograms

kilograms

kilograms

kilograms

lbs.

lbs.

£1.95 per cylinder

£3.14 per cylinder

£3.16 per cylinder

£9.42 per cylinder

£3.14 per cylinder

£3.14 per cylinder

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce

and Energy, this 5th day of October, 1979.

OWEN O'HARA

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce

and Energy 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. 333 of 1979.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BOTTLED GAS) (No. 3) ORDER, 1979.

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

S.I. No. 96 of 1973

), and the Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 (

S.I. No. 306 of 1977

), hereby orders as follows:—