No. 105/1946:

MILK (RETAIL PRICE) ORDER, 1946.

MILK (RETAIL PRICE) ORDER, 1946.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the joint operation of Section 52 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 , (No. 43 of 1936) and of the Minister for Supplies (Transfer of Functions) under Section 52 of the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 , Order, 1941 ( S. R. & O. No. 29 of 1941 ), and of the Minister for Supplies (Transfer of Functions) Act, 1945 (No. 21 of 1945), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows, that is to say :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Milk (Retail Price) Order, 1946.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1946.

2. In this Order—

(1) references to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy ;

(2) the expression " bottled milk " means milk contained in closed receptacles for sale retail in such receptacles ;

(3) the expression " fresh milk " has the meaning attached to it in the Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 (No. 22 of 1935) and the Regulations made thereunder.

3. This Order shall apply to all parts of the State with the exception of the following areas :—

(a) the area consisting of the county borough of Dublin, the administrative county of Dublin and the urban district of Bray ;

(b) the administrative county of Louth.

4. The maximum prices at which fresh milk (other than milk which is Highest Grade Milk within the meaning of the Milk and Dairies (Special Designations) Regulations, 1938 and 1939) may be sold retail shall be prices calculated at the following rates :—

(a) if sold as Bottled Milk—

(i) during the months of May and June, 1946, 3d. per pint ;

(ii) during the months of July, August and September, 1946, 3¼d. per pint ;

(iii) during the period of seven months commencing on the 1st day of October, 1946, 3¾d. per pint.

(b) if sold otherwise than as Bottled Milk—

(i) during the months of May and June, 1946, 2¾d. per pint

(ii) during the months of July, August and September, 1946, 3d. per pint ;

(iii) during the period of seven months commencing on the 1st day of October, 1946, 3½d. per pint.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 23rd day of April, 1946.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.