S.I. No. 2/1967:

FLOUR AND WHEATENMEAL (PRESCRIBED PRICES) REGULATIONS, 1967.

FLOUR AND WHEATENMEAL (PRESCRIBED PRICES) REGULATIONS, 1967.

I, SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Flour and Wheatenmeal Act, 1956 (No. 40 of 1956), hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Flour and Wheatenmeal (Prescribed Prices) Regulations, 1967.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 5th day of January, 1967.

3. (1) Subject to paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of these Regulations, the following prices are hereby prescribed, for the purposes of section 11 of the Flour and Wheatenmeal Act, 1956 , as the prices which may not be exceeded by the holder of a milling-licence on the sale of straight-run flour produced at the mill to which the licence relates :

(a) where the flour is intended for use in the county borough of Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Waterford or the borough of Dún Laoghaire in the manufacture of bread for sale to the public, a price calculated at the rate of 134s. 0d. per 280 lbs.,

(b) where the flour is intended for use elsewhere in the State in the manufacture of bread for sale to the public, a price calculated at the rate of 136s. 0d. per 280 lbs., and

(c) where the flour is intended for sale by retail--

(i) if it is in a jute or paper sack a price calculated at the rate of 137s. 9d. per 280 lbs., and

(ii) if it is in a cotton sack, and--

(I) the sack contains 10 stones or more, a price calculated at the rate of 139s. 9d. per 280 lbs.,

(II) the sack contains 8 stones or more, but less than 10 stones, a price calculated at the rate of 140s. 6d. per 280 lbs.,

(III) the sack contains 4 stones or more, but less than 8 stones, a price calculated at the rate of 142s. 6d. per 280 lbs., and

(IV) the sack contains 2 stones or more, but less than 4 stones, a price calculated at the rate of 144s. 6d. per 280 lbs.

(2) References in this paragraph and in paragraph 4 of these Regulations to stones are references to stones by weight of flour.

4. Subject to paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of these Regulations, the following prices are hereby prescribed, for the purposes of the said section 11, as the prices which may not be exceeded by the holder of a milling licence on the sale of standard wheatenmeal produced at the mill to which the licence relates :

(a) where the wheatenmeal is intended for use in the county borough of Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Waterford or the borough of Dún Laoghaire in the manufacture of bread for sale to the public, a price calculated at the rate of 120s. 3d. per 280 lbs.,

(b) where the wheatenmeal is intended for use elsewhere in the State in the manufacture of bread for sale to the public, a price calculated at the rate of 122s. 3d. per 280 lbs., and

(c) where the wheatmeal is intended for sale by retail--

(i) if it is in a jute sack, a price calculated at the rate of 124s. 0d. per 280 lbs.,

(ii) if it is in a paper sack, a price calculated at the rate of 123s. 9d. per 280 lbs.,

(iii) if it is in a cotton sack, and--

(I) the sack contains 10 stones or more, a price calculated at the rate of 126s. 0d. per 280 lbs.,

(II) the sack contains 8 stones or more, but less than 10 stones, a price calculated at tthe rate of 127s. 0d. per 280 lbs.,

(III) the sack contains 4 stones or more, but less than 8 stones, 128s. 9d., and

(IV) the sack contains 2 stones or more, but less than 4 stones, 130s. 9d.

5. In calculating, for the purposes of paragraph 3 or 4 of these Regulations, the price of flour or wheatenmeal sold by the holder of a milling licence--

(a) if the flour or wheatenmeal is intended for sale by wholesale and then for use in the manufacture of bread for sale to the public, the price shall be reduced by 2s. 3d. per 280 lbs., and

(b) if the flour or wheatenmeal is intended for sale by wholesale and then for sale by retail, the price shall be reduced by 5s. 0d. per 280 lbs.

6. In calculating, for the purposes of paragraph 3 or 4 of these Regulations, as the case may be, the price of flour or wheatenmeal which is collected by the purchaser thereof at the premises of the holder of a milling-licence at whose mill the flour or wheatenmeal was produced, the price shall be reduced--

(a) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 1 mile or more and less than 10 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 10s. 0d. per ton,

(b) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 10 miles or more and less than 20 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 13s. 0d. per ton,

(c) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 20 or more miles and less than 30 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 16s. 0d. per ton,

(d) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 30 or more miles and less than 40 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 19s. 0d. per ton,

(e) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 40 or more miles and less than 50 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 22s. 0d. per ton,

(f) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 50 or more miles and less than 60 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 25s 0d. per ton,

(g) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 60 or more miles and less than 70 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 28s. 0d. per ton,

(h) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 70 or more miles and less than 80 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 31s. 0d. per ton,

(i) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 80 or more miles and less than 90 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 34s. 0d. per ton,

(j) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 90 or more miles and less than 100 miles from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 37s. 0d. per ton,

(k) if the premises of the purchaser to which the flour or wheatenmeal is brought are situate 100 miles or more from the premises where the flour or wheatenmeal is collected, by 40s. 0d. per ton.

7. In calculating, for the purposes of paragraph 3 or 4 of these Regulations, as the case may be, the price of flour or wheatenmeal for which payment is made within 14 days after the date on the invoice relating to the transaction sent to the purchaser of the flour or wheatenmeal, the price shall be reduced by 2d. per £1.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of January, 1967.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the maximum prices at which the holder of a milling licence may sell flour or wheatenmeal.