S.I. No. 180/1979:

FUELS (REGULATION AND CONTROL OF SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOTOR SPIRIT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1979.

FUELS (REGULATION AND CONTROL OF SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOTOR SPIRIT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1979.

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 3 of the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1971 (No. 3 of 1971), and the Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 295 of 1977 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Fuels (Regulation and Control of Supply and Distribution of Motor Spirit) (Amendment) Order, 1979.

2. The Fuels (Regulation and Control of Supply and Distribution of Motor Spirit) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 172 of 1979 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs 4 and 5, respectively:--

"4. Subject to paragraph 6, the minimum quantity of motor spirit which may be delivered on sale on a particular occasion into the fuel tank of a motor-car having a fuel tank with a capacity of more than six gallons shall be the quantity of such spirit obtainable for £5 at the retail price then and there obtaining for that motor spirit.

5. Subject to paragraph 6, the minimum quantity of motor spirit which may be delivered on sale on a particular occasion into the fuel tank of a motor-car having a fuel tank with a capacity of six gallons or less shall be the quantity of such spirit obtainable for £4 at the retail price then and there obtaining for that motor spirit."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, this 18th day of May, 1979.

D. S. Ó MAOLÁIN.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Order provides for the removal of the upper limits of £5 and £4 on sales of motor spirit.