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S.I. No. 171/1980 -- Maximum Prices (Breakfast Cereals) Order, 1980.

S.I. No. 171/1980 -- Maximum Prices (Breakfast Cereals) Order, 1980. 1980 171

S.I. No. 171/1980:

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAKFAST CEREALS) ORDER, 1980.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAKFAST CEREALS) ORDER, 1980.

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Industry, Commerce and Energy (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 10 of 1980 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Breakfast Cereals) Order, 1980.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 14th day of June, 1980.

3. (1) The maximum price at which a commodity mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number may be sold in the manner specified in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number is hereby fixed at the price mentioned in the said column (3) at that reference number.

(2) When a commodity mentioned in the Schedule to this Order is sold by retail in a manner other than that specified in relation to the commodity in the said Schedule, the maximum price at which it may be so sold shall be calculated at a rate corresponding to the rate specified in relation to the commodity in the said Schedule.

(3) Where flakemeal or cornflakes is or are sold in a packet purporting to contain a specified weight of flakemeal or cornflakes, the packet shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to contain that weight of flakemeal or cornflakes, as the case may be.

4. The Maximum Prices (Breakfast Cereals) (No. 2) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 380 of 1979 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE
Reference Number Commodity Maximum Price
(1) (2) (3)
1. Flakemeal 24½p per ½ kilogram
2. Flakemeal 48½p per kilogram
3. Flakemeal 71½p per 1½ kilograms
4. Cornflakes 45p per 375 gram packet
5. Cornflakes 54½p per 500 gram packet

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, this 10th day of June, 1980.

S. MAC LUGHADHA.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce and

Tourism, to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail price for cornflakes and flakemeal.

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