S.I. No. 227/1983 - Maximum Prices (Sugar) Order, 1983.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Sugar) Order, 1983.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of August, 1983.

3. The maximum prices at which granulated white sugar may be sold by retail shall be—

(

a

) in the case of a package purporting to contain 1 kilogram of such sugar, 64½p

(

b

) in the case of a package purporting to contain an amount other than 1 kilogram of such sugar, a prices calculated at the rate of 64½p per kilogram.

4. The Maximum Prices (Sugar) Order, 1982 (

S.I. No. 275 of 1982

), is hereby revoked.

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

and Tourism, this 29th day of July, 1983.

JOHN DONLON.

A person authorised by the Minister for Trade, Commerce and

Tourism to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail price which may be charged for granulated white sugar.

S.I. No. 227 of 1983.

MAXIMUM PRICES (SUGAR) ORDER, 1983.

The Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, 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, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1981 (

S.I. No. 290 of 1981

), hereby orders as follows