S.I. No. 116/1988:

MAXIMUM PRICES (MILK) ORDER, 1988.

MAXIMUM PRICES (MILK) ORDER, 1988.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 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 ), the Prices Acts, 1958 to 1972 (Retail Price of Milk) (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1986 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1986 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 97 of 1987 )), hereby order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Milk) Order, 1988, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1988.

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 3.52 pints in imperial measure or not more than two litres in metric measure, but does not include separated milk, skim milk, butter milk, condensed milk or cream.

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 shall be--

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

(i) 15p per half-pint bottle,

(ii) 29p per pint bottle,

(iii) in any other case, prices calculated at the rate of 29p per pint,

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

(i) 26p per half-litre bottle,

(ii) 52p per litre bottle,

(iii) in any other case, prices calculated at the rate of 52p per litre,

and no extra charge shall be made in respect of the container in which 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 (Milk) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 268 of 1987 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of May, 1988.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order fixes the maximum retail prices for bottled milk as defined in the Order.