S.I. No. 73/1979 - Maximum Prices (Petroleum Products) Order, 1979.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Petroleum Products) Order, 1979.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 14th day of March, 1979.

3. The maximum price at which a petroleum product of a brand, grade or description mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at a particular reference may be sold shall, in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of 100 gallons or more of the product at a time, be a price calculated at the rate of the price per gallon mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that particular reference.

4. The maximum price at which a petroleum product of a brand, grade or description mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any of the following references, that is to say 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (c), 1 (f), 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (c), 2 (f), 3 (a), 3 (b), 3 (c), 3 (e), 4 (a), 4 (b), 4 (c), 5 (a), 5 (b), 5 (c), 5 (f), 6 (a), 6 (b), 6 (c), 6 (f), 7 (a), 7 (b), 7 (c), may be sold shall, in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales of less than 100 gallons of the product at a time, be a price calculated at the rate of the price per gallon mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that particular reference.

5. The Maximum Prices (Petroleum Products) Order, 1978 (

S.I. No. 301 of 1978

), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference

Brand, Grade or Description of Petroleum Product

Price per gallon in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of 100 gallons or more at a time

Price per gallon in the case of delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of less than 100 gallons at a time

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1 (a)

BP Super or BP Grade 1 Petrol

87.86p

95.6p

(b)

BP Blend or BP Grade 2 Petrol

87.26p

95.4p

(c)

BP Regular or BP Grade 3 Petrol

86.66p

93.6p

(d)

BP Derv

61.62p

—

(e)

BP Gas Oil

38.50p

—

(f)

BP Premium Kerosene

42.23p

48.0p

(g)

BP Standard Kerosene

41.23p

—

(h)

BP Light Fuel Oil

37.10p

—

(i)

BP Medium Fuel Oil

34.09p

—

(j)

BP Heavy Fuel Oil

33.14p

—

2 (a)

Burmah Best or Burmah Grade 1 Petrol

88.41p

96.2p

(b)

Burmah Plus or Burmah Grade 2 Petrol

87.81p

95.8p

(c)

Burmah Regular or Burmah Grade 3 Petrol

87.21p

94.2p

(d)

Burmah Derv

62.46p

—

(e)

Burmah Gas Oil

39.73p

—

(f)

Burmah Premium Kerosene

43.24p

48.5p

(g)

Burmah Standard Kerosene

41.78p

—

(h)

Burmah Vaporising Oil

40.91p

—

(i)

Burmah Light Fuel Oil

36.82p

—

(j)

Burmah Medium Fuel Oil

34.27p

—

(k)

Burmah Heavy Fuel Oil

33.24p

—

3 (a)

Esso Extra or Esso Grade 1 Petrol

88.11p

95.8p

(b)

Esso Plus or Esso Grade 2 Petrol

87.56p

95.2p

(c)

Esso Regular or Esso Grade 3 Petrol

86.76p

93.8p

(d)

Esso Autodiesel

62.62p

—

(e)

Esso Premium Kerosene

45.23p

51.5p

(f)

Esso Gas Oil

39.74p

—

(g)

Esso Home Heat Diesel

40.24p

—

(h)

Esso Domestic Oil

42.19p

—

(i)

Esso Light Fuel Oil

35.37p

—

(j)

Esso Medium Fuel Oil

33.46p

—

(k)

Esso Heavy Fuel Oil

32.41p

—

4 (a)

Jet premium or Jet Grade 1 Petrol

87.31p

94.8p

(b)

Jet Special or Jet Grade 2 Petrol

86.96p

93.6p

(c)

Jet Regular or Jet Grade 3 Petrol

86.16p

93.0p

(d)

Jet Autodiesel

60.56p

—

(e)

Jet Gas Oil

38.83p

—

(f)

Jet Regular Kerosene

41.42p

—

5 (a)

Maxol Super or Maxol Grade 1 Petrol or Mex Grade 1 Petrol

87.12p

95.0p

(b)

Maxol Plus or Maxol Grade 2 Petrol or Mex Grade 2 Petrol

86.26p

94.4p

(c)

Maxol Regular or Maxol Grade 3 Petrol or Mex Grade 3 Petrol

85.16p

92.2p

(d)

Maxol or Mex Derv

61.11p

—

(e)

Maxol or Mex Gas Oil

38.37p

—

(f)

Maxol or Mex Kerosene Burning Oil

43.37p

49.0p

(g)

Maxol or Mex Kerosene Domestic Heating Oil

40.41p

—

(h)

Maxol or Mex Light Fuel Oil

36.18p

—

(i)

Maxol or Mex Medium Fuel Oil

33.14p

—

(j)

Maxol or Mex Heavy Fuel Oil

32.27p

—

6 (a)

Super Shell or Shell Grade 1 Petrol

87.12p

95.0p

(b)

Shell Economy or Shell Grade 2 Petrol

86.26p

94.4p

(c)

Shell Regular or Shell Grade 3 Petrol

85.16p

92.2p

(d)

Shell Derv

61.11p

—

(e)

Shell Gas Oil

38.37p

—

(f)

Shell Premium Grade Burning Oil

43.37p

49.0p

(g)

Shell Standard Grade Burning Oil

40.41p

—

(h)

Shell Light Fuel Oil

36.18p

—

(i)

Shell Medium Fuel Oil

33.14p

—

(j)

Shell Heavy Fuel Oil

32.27p

—

7 (a)

Texaco Premium or Texaco Grade 1 Petrol

87.66p

95.4p

(b)

Texaco Special or Texaco Grade 2 Petrol

86.96p

95.2p

(c)

Texaco Regular or Texaco Grade 3 Petrol

86.22p

93.2p

(d)

Texaco Motor Diesel

61.56p

—

(e)

Texaco Gas Oil

39.68p

—

(f)

Texaco Paraffin/Superheat

41.73p

—

(g)

Texaco Light Fuel Oil

36.50p

—

(h)

Texaco Medium Fuel Oil

33.33p

—

(i)

Texaco Heavy Fuel Oil

32.27p

—

8 (a)

Tedcastles Motor Spirit

95.91

—

(b)

Tedcastles Derv

61.72p

—

(c)

Tedcastles Gas Oil

39.87p

—

(d)

Tedcastles Premium Kerosene

41.91p

—

(e)

Tedcastles Standard Kerosene

41.91p

—

(f)

Tedcastles Light Fuel Oil

36.83p

—

(g)

Tedcastles Medium Fuel Oil

34.18p

—

(h)

Tedcastles Heavy Fuel Oil

33.31p

—

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, this 12th day of March, 1979.

T. GODFREY,

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 price at which a petroleum product of a brand, grade or description set out in the Schedule to the Order may be sold in the case of deliveries of 100 gallons or more and the maximum price, inclusive of Value Added Tax, at which petrol and kerosene may be sold in the case of deliveries of less than 100 gallons (i.e. by retail).

S.I. No. 73 of 1979.

MAXIMUM PRICES (PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) 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