S.I. No. 124/1951:

FLOUR, WHEATENMEAL AND BREAD ORDER, 1949 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1951.

FLOUR, WHEATENMEAL AND BREAD ORDER, 1949 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1951.

I, JAMES M. DILLON, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise 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 Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Order, 1949 (Amendment) Order, 1951.

(2) The Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 8 of 1949 ), the Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Order, 1949 (Amendment) Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 130 of 1949 ), the Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Order, 1949 (Amendment) Order, 1950 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1950 ), and this Order may be cited together as the Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Orders, 1949 to 1951.

2. (1) This Order, except Articles 8 and 9, shall come into operation on the 7th day of May, 1951.

(2) Articles 8 and 9 of this Order shall come into operation on the 7th day of June, 1951.

3. (1) In this Order--

" by wholesale ", when used in relation to the sale of flour or wheatenmeal, means a sale to a person (other than the holder of a milling licence or Grain Importers (Éire) Limited) who buys for the purpose of selling it again, and has no relation to the terms of any such sale ;

" flour wholesaler " means a person who carries on the business of selling flour or wheatenmeal by wholesale and not otherwise ;

" The Principal Order " means the Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 8 of 1949 ), as amended by subsequent orders.

(2) The Principal Order and this Order shall be construed together as one Order.

4. The Principal Order is hereby amended as follows :--

(a) Article 6 shall cease to have effect except in relation to shop standard wheatenmeal and shop straight-run flour ;

(b) by the substitution of the words " straight-run flour " for the words " flour (whether produced within or outside the State) " where those words occur in paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 13 ;

(c) Article 14, Part V and the Schedule are hereby revoked.

5. The Flour, Wheatenmeal and Bread Order, 1949 (Amendment) Order, 1950 (S. I., No. 150 of 1950) is hereby amended by the revocation of Articles 3, 5 and 6.

6. (1) Save under and in accordance with a permit granted by the Minister under this Article, the price to be charged by any person, who is the holder of a milling licence in respect of a mill, for bakers' standard wheatenmeal produced at such mill shall not exceed thirty-nine shillings and three pence per 280 pounds (ex mill).

(2) Save under and in accordance with a permit granted by the Minister under this Article, the price to be charged by any person, who is the holder of a milling licence in respect of a mill, for bakers' straight-run flour produced at such mill shall not exceed forty-two shillings and nine pence per 280 pounds (ex mill).

(3) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, grant permits for the purposes of this Article, and may attach to any permit so granted by him such conditions as he thinks fit.

7. (1) Any person who carries on or proposes to carry on the business of a flour wholesaler may apply to the Minister for a licence (in this Order referred to as a flour wholesaler's licence) authorising him to carry on the business of selling flour or wheatenmeal by wholesale, and every such application shall--

(a) be made in such form as the Minister may require and contain the particulars indicated in that form, and

(b) be sent to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Dublin.

(2) On receipt of an application under paragraph (1) of this Article and on payment by the applicant of the fee directed by the Minister for Finance to be paid in respect of a flour wholesaler's licence, the Minister may, as he thinks fit, grant or refuse to grant the licence applied for.

(3) The Minister may attach to any flour wholesaler's licence such conditions as he thinks fit, and, where any conditions are attached to a flour wholesaler's licence, the licensee shall comply therewith.

(4) A flour wholesaler's licence shall not be transferable.

8. No person, other than the holder of a flour wholesaler's licence for the time being in force, shall carry on the business of selling flour by wholesale.

9. (1) A person who carries on the business of manufacturing bread for sale shall not use standard wheatenmeal or straight-run flour in the manufacture of bread which is not subject to price control under the Bread (Prices) Order, 1951.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply--

(a) to sliced pan loaves sold in wrappers, or

(b) to bread commonly known as soda bread or soda cake, that is to say, aerated bread containing aerating powders, salt and milk, or

(c) to bread manufactured under and in accordance with a permit granted under this Article.

(3) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, grant permits for the purposes of this Article and may attach to any permit so granted by him such conditions as he thinks fit.

10. A person who carries on the business of manufacturing bread for sale shall not manufacture bread from an admixture of flour and bran.

11. (1) No person, other than the holder of a milling licence, shall (save under and in accordance with a permit granted under this Article) mix for sale or manufacture of bread standard wheatenmeal with any flour other than straight-run flour.

(2) The Minister may whenever and so often as he thinks fit, grant permits for the purposes of this Article, and may attach to any permit so granted by him such conditions as he thinks fit.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of May, 1951.

(Signed) JAMES M. DILLON,

Minister for Agriculture.