S.I. No. 81/1982:

PETROLEUM OILS (CONTROL OF SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION) (CONTINUANCE) ORDER, 1982.

PETROLEUM OILS (CONTROL OF SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION) (CONTINUANCE) ORDER, 1982.

WHEREAS there is for the time being in force an order under section 2(1) of the Fuels (Control and Supplies) Act, 1971, declaring that the Government are of the opinion that the exigencies of the common good necessitate the control by the Minister for Industry and Energy on behalf of the State of the supply and distribution of petroleum oils:

AND WHEREAS the Government are of the opinion that the exigencies of the common good still necessitate the control by the Minister on behalf of the State of the supply and distribution of petroleum oils:

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 2(4) of the Fuels (Control and Supplies) Act, 1971 (No. 3 of 1971), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Petroleum Oils (Control of Supply and Distribution) (Continuance) Order, 1982.

2. The Petroleum Oils (Control of Supply and Distribution) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1979 ), shall continue in force for the period of six months from the 11th day of April 1982.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 31st day of March, 1982.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.