S.I. No. 386/1985:

MAXIMUM PRICES (MILK) ORDER, 1985.

MAXIMUM PRICES (MILK) ORDER, 1985.

The Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965) ) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Trade, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 384 of 1983 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Milk) Order, 1985 and shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1985.

2. In this Order "bottle" includes any carton, container or other closed receptacle in which milk is sold; "bottled milk" means liquid milk in any closed receptacle containing not less than a half-pint in imperial measure or not less than 284 millilitres in metric measure but not more than a quart in imperial measure or not more than 1.136 litres in metric measure, but does not include separate milk, skim milk, butter milk, condensed milk or cream; " the Dublin District" means the area consisting of the county borough of Dublin, the administrative county of Dublin and the urban district of Bray.

3. Whenever a bottle is sold by retail purporting to contain a specific amount of milk, the bottle shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to contain that amount of bottled milk.

4. The maximum prices at which bottled milk (other than milk described when bottled as highest grade milk) may be sold by retail in the Dublin District shall be--

( a ) in case the milk is bottled in quantities expressed by measure in imperial measure--

(i) 12½p per half-pint bottle,

(ii) 25p per pint bottle,

(iii) in any other case, priced calculated at the rate of 25p per pint.

( b ) in case the milk is bottled in quantities expressed by measure in metric measure--

(i) 22p per half-litre bottle,

(ii) 44p per litre bottle,

(iii) in any other case, prices calculated at the rate of 44p per litre.

( c ) no extra charge shall be made in respect of the container in which the milk is sold; but whenever milk which is bottled in a glass bottle is sold, a refundable deposit not exceeding 4p may be charged if the purchaser of the milk does not surrender a glass bottle to the seller at or immediately after the time of sale.

5. The maximum prices at which bottled milk (other than milk described when bottled as highest grade milk) may be sold by retail in any place other than the Dublin District shall be--

( a ) in case the milk is bottled in quantities expressed by measure in imperial measure--

(i) 12p per half-pint bottle,

(ii) 24p per pint bottle,

(iii) in any other case, prices calculated at the rate of 24p per pint.

( b ) in case the milk is bottled in quantities expressed by measure in metric measure--

(i) 21½ per half-litre bottle,

(ii) 42½p per litre bottle,

(iii) in any other case, prices calculated at the rate of 42½p per litre.

( c ) no extra charge shall be made in respect of the container in which the milk is sold; but whenever milk which is bottled in a glass bottle is sold, a refundable deposit not exceeding 4p may be charged if the purchaser of the milk does not surrender a glass bottle to the seller at or immediately after the time of sale.

6. The Maximum Prices (Milk) (No. 3) Order, 1984 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1984 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and

Tourism, this 28th day of November, 1985.

SEAN DORGAN

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism to authenticate the Official

Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail prices for bottled milk as defined in the Order. Separate prices are fixed for milk sold in the Dublin District as defined in the Order and in the rest of the country.