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Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 2226

PRICES

The Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1988

Made

20th December 1988

Laid before Parliament

22nd December 1988

Coming into force

23rd January 1989

The Secretary of State, after consulting in accordance with subsection (3) of section 4 of the Prices Act 1974(1) with the organisations therein referred to, in exercise of his powers under the said section 4 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 23rd January 1989.

2. The Price Marking (Petrol) Order 1980(2) is hereby amended-

(a)in article 4(2), by deleting the words "the premises are price display premises and";

(b)by the deletion of article 7; and

(c)in paragraph 14(1) in Part III of the Schedule, by deleting the words "Article 7 or".

Eric Forth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Trade and Industry

20th December 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Price Marking (Petrol) Order 1980, as amended, by removing the requirement that, where petrol is sold by reference to the litre on price display premises, the equivalent price per gallon shall also be indicated on the roadside price display; and by permitting the use of a price equivalent chart at other premises where petrol is sold by the litre as an alternative to marking the gallon equivalent price on the pump.

(1)

1974 c. 24; section 4 was amended by the Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), section 16(1).

(2)

S.I. 1980/1121, amended by S.I. 1987/8.


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