S.I. No. 234/1973:

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAD) ORDER, 1973.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAD) ORDER, 1973.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bread) Order, 1973.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 3rd day of September, 1973.

3. In this Order--

"batch bread" means bread which is not baked in containers and which is sold or offered for sale in loaves of which the outside is not all crust;

"pan bread" means bread baked in containers.

4. (1) The maximum price at which batch bread and pan bread may be sold by retail shall be--

( a ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is unwrapped--

(i) 6p per loaf when sold in loaves of 400 grammes,

(ii) 11½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 800 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 800 grammes,

(iii) 23p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1,600 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1,600 grammes,

and

( b ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is wrapped (whether sliced or not sliced)--

(i) 6½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 400 grammes,

(ii) 12p per loaf when sold in loaves of 800 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 800 grammes,

(iii) 24p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1,600 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1,600 grammes.

(2) For the purposes of this Article a loaf shall be deemed to be of a particular weight specified in this Article if its appearance is such that it is reasonable to infer from it that the loaf was of approximately that weight at the time it was baked.

5. (1) Batch bread and pan bread shall, when sold by retail, be sold only in loaves of 400 grammes, 800 grammes or 1,600 grammes.

(2) This Order does not apply in relation to--

( a ) any loaf of bread of 300 grammes or less, or,

( b ) pan bread of any of the following brands:

(i) Hovis,

(ii) Procea,

(iii) Bermaline,

(iv) Hi-Vi,

(v) Maltana,

(vi) Dr. Vogel's Swiss Health Bread,

(vii) Thoma,

(viii) Abermalt,

(ix) Slimcea,

(x) Veda,

(xi) Tritamyl.

6. The Maximum Prices (Bread) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 228 of 1972 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of August, 1973.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum prices and the weights at which bread, as defined in the Order, may be sold by retail.