No. 221/1947:

RAISINS AND CURRANTS (MAXIMUM PRICES) (No. 2) ORDER, 1947.

RAISINS AND CURRANTS (MAXIMUM PRICES) (No. 2) ORDER, 1947.

I, SEAN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in excercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942) (which Orders are continued in force by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Raisins and Currants (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1947.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of June, 1947.

2. References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. For the purposes of this Order any fraction of a halfpenny shall be regarded as one halfpenny.

4. No person shall sell by wholesale or retail raisins, sultanas or currants of a description mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto at any reference number at a price exceeding a price calculated at appropriate rate set out in the said Schedule at such reference number.

5. The Raisins and Currants (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 7 of 1947 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Wholesale prices shall be taken to be f.o.r. prices.

GIVEN under my official Seal this 23rd day of June, 1947.

Sgd., SEAN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.