No. 393/1946:

SUGAR (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1947.

SUGAR (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1947.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942 (which Orders are continued in force by the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of January, 1947.

2. (1) In this Order—

the expression " manufacturing (sugar) consumer " has the meaning assigned to it by the Emergency Powers (Sugar) (Registration of Manufacturing Consumers and Licensing of Wholesalers and Retailers) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 292 of 1942) ;

the word " delivery " means delivery free of cost to a retailer or to a manufacturing (sugar) consumer at the unloading point of whichever of the following transport services is nearest to the premises of the retailer or of the manufacturing (sugar) consumer :—

the railway or regular road goods service of Córas Iompair Éireann ;

the railway or regular road goods service of the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) ;

the canal service of the Grand Canal Company ;

the word " sugar " does not include molasses, treacle, glucose or lactose, or icing sugar, pulverised sugar or any sugar which has been subjected to chemical processes resulting in inversion ;

the expression " icing sugar " and " pulverised sugar " have the meanings attached to them by custom in the trade ;

(2) References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. No person shall sell sugar by wholesale to a retailer at a price exceeding a price calculated at the rate of 5¼ per hundredweight, such price to include delivery in the case of sugar sold in quantities of one hundredweight and upwards.

4. No person shall sell sugar to a manufacturing (sugar) consumer at a price exceeding a price calculated at the rate of 52/6 per hundredweight, such price to include delivery in the case of sugar sold in quantities of one hundredweight and upwards.

5. No person shall sell sugar by retail at a price exceeding a price calculated at the rate of 6d. per lb.

6. The Emergency Powers (Sugar) (Maximum Prices) Order 1946 (S. R. & O. No. 157 of 1946) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 31st day of December, 1946.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce