S.I. No. 275/1974:

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAD) (No. 4) ORDER, 1974.

MAXIMUM PRICES (BREAD) (No. 4) ORDER, 1974.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 17 and 20 of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 4) Order, 1974.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 18th day of September, 1974.

3. In this Order--

"batch bread" means bread which is not baked in containers and which is sold or offered for sale in loaves of which the outside is not all crust;

"pan bread" means bread baked in containers.

4. (1) The maximum price at which batch bread and pan bread may be sold by retail shall be--

( a ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is unwrapped--

(i) 9p per loaf when sold in loaves of 400 grammes,

(ii) 17½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 800 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 800 grammes,

(iii) 26½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1250 grammes,

(iv) 34p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1600 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1600 grammes,

and

( b ) in the case of batch bread and pan bread which is wrapped (whether sliced or not sliced)--

(i) 9½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 400 grammes,

(ii) 18p per loaf when sold in loaves of 800 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 800 grammes,

(iii) 27½p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1250 grammes,

(iv) 35p per loaf when sold in loaves of 1600 grammes or loaves joined together the total weight of which is 1600 grammes.

(2) For the purposes of this Article a loaf shall be deemed to be of a particular weight specified in this Article if its appearance is such that it is reasonable to infer from it that the loaf was of approximately that weight at the time it was baked.

5. (1) Batch bread and pan bread shall, when sold by retail, be sold only in loaves of 400 grammes, 800 grammes, 1250 grammes or 1600 grammes.

(2) This Order does not apply in relation to

( a ) any loaf of bread of 300 grammes or less, or

( b ) pan bread of any of the following brands:

(i) Hovis,

(ii) Procea,

(iii) Bermaline,

(iv) Hi-Vi,

(v) Maltana,

(vi) Dr. Vogel's Swiss Health Bread,

(vii) Thoma,

(viii) Abermalt,

(ix) Slimcea,

(x) Veda,

(xi) Tritamyl.

6. The Maximum Prices (Bread) (No. 3) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1974 ) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of September, 1974.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and

Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum prices and the weights at which bread, as defined in the Order, may be sold by retail.