No. 133/1938:

BREAD (STANDARD PRICE OF FLOUR) (No. 9) ORDER, 1938.

BREAD (STANDARD PRICE OF FLOUR) (No. 9) ORDER, 1938.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Bread (Regulation of Prices) Act, 1936 (No. 29 of 1936), that, subject to the provisions of the said section, the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under the said sub-section (1) fix, for the purposes of the said Act, the price of flour for any specified area, and it is enacted by sub-section (2) of the said section (as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution) that every order under the said section shall specify the area to which it is to apply, and such area may be the whole of Ireland or any specified part thereof, and it is enacted by sub-section (3) of the said section that the said Minister may by order under the said sub-section (3) revoke any order made under the said sub-section (1), and it is enacted by sub-section (4) of the said section that the said Minister shall before making an order under the said section consult with the Milling Advisory Committee established under section 10 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933) :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 2 of the Bread (Regulation of Prices) Act, 1936 (No. 29 of 1936), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, and having before making this Order consulted with the Milling Advisory Committee, hereby orders as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Bread (Standard Price of Flour) (No. 9) Order, 1938.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. This Order applies to the whole of the area to which the laws enacted by the Oireachtas for the time being apply.

4. The standard price of flour for the purposes of the Bread (Regulation of Prices) Act, 1936 , for the area to which this Order applies shall, so long as this Order remains in force, be forty-eight shillings and sixpence per sack of 280 lbs.

5. The Bread (Standard Price of Flour) (No. 8) Order, 1937 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 253 of 1937) is hereby revoked.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister

for Industry and Commerce this 1st day

of June, 1938.

(Signed) JOHN LEYDON,

Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.