S.I. No. 222/1990 - Maximum Prices (Petroleum Products) (No. 9) Order, 1990.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Petroleum Products) (No. 9) Order, 1990.

2. (1) The maximum price at which a petroleum product mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any of the following reference numbers, that is to say 1 and 3, may be sold shall, in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of 455 litres or more of the product at a time, be a price calculated at the rate of the price per litre mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) This paragraph shall come into operation on the 2nd day of September, 1990.

3. (1) The maximum price at which a petroleum product mentioned in column (2) of the said Schedule at any reference number may be sold shall, in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of less than 455 litres of the product at a time, be a price calculated at the rate of the price per litre mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) This paragraph shall come into operation on the 4th day of September, 1990.

4. The Maximum Prices (Petroleum Products) (No. 8) Order, 1990 (

S.I. No. 203 of 1990

) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference

Petroleum Product

Price per litre in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of 455 litres or more at a time

Price per litre in the case of a delivery, pursuant to one or more sales, of less then 455 litres at a time

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1

Grade 1 Petrol or Premium Petrol

62.7p

67.0p

2

Unleaded Petrol

—

64.8p

3

Autodiesel or Derv

50.6p

54.9p

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

this 31st day of August, 1990.

S. MAC LUGHADHA,

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 wholesale price and maximum retail price for premium petrol and for autodiesel, and the maximum retail price for unleaded petrol.

S.I. No. 222 of 1990.

MAXIMUM PRICES (PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) (No. 9) ORDER, 1990.

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 Stablisation Order, 1973 (No. 96 of 1973), hereby orders as follows