S.I. No. 56/1948:

EMERGENCY POWERS (WHEATEN FLOUR, WHEATEN MEAL AND MANUFACTURE OF BREAD) ORDER, 1946 (THIRD AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1948.

EMERGENCY POWERS (WHEATEN FLOUR, WHEATEN MEAL AND MANUFACTURE OF BREAD) ORDER, 1946 (THIRD AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1948.

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)) hereby order as follows :--

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Wheaten Flour, Wheaten Meal and Manufacture of Bread) Order. 1946 (Third Amendment) Order, 1948.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 23rd day of February. 1948.

2. The Emergency Powers (Wheaten Flour, Wheaten Meal and Manufacture of Bread) Order, 1946 (S. R. & O. No. 259 of 1946), is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (1) of Article 5 of the following paragraph :--

" (1) The price to be charged by any person, who is the holder of a milling licence in respect of a mill, for straight-run flour or standard wheaten meal produced at such mill shall not exceed--

(a) in case such mill is a port mill, thirty-eight shillings and threepence per 280 pounds (free on rail) ;

(b) in any other case, thirty-eight shillings and threepence per 280 pounds, together with the cost of freight (such cost being calculated by reference to the transport of a six ton consignment by the cheapest mode but not exceeding two shillings per 280 pounds) from whichever one of the following ports is nearest to such mill. that is to say, Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Waterford, such straight-run flour or standard wheaten meal being delivered by such person to the purchaser free on rail. "

3. The Emergency Powers (Wheaten Flour, Wheaten Meal and Manufacture of Bread) Order, 1946 (Second Amendment) Order, 1947 (S. R. & O. No. 339 of 1947), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of February, 1948.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.