S.I. No. 52/1975:

MAXIMUM PRICES (PRE-PACKAGED COAL) (No. 2) ORDER, 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (PRE-PACKAGED COAL) (No. 2) ORDER, 1975.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)), of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), hereby orders as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Pre-packaged Coal) (No. 2) Order, 1975.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 13th day of March, 1975.

2. The Maximum Prices (Pre-packaged Coal) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 65 of 1974 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following Article for Article 2 (inserted by the Maximum Prices (Pre-packaged Coal) Order, 1975 ( S.I. No. 6 of 1975 )):

"2. The maximum prices at which coal packed in a closed container or package may be sold by retail shall be--

( a ) in the case of a container or package containing 28 pounds or 12½ kilograms of coal, £0.58,

( b ) in the case of a container or package containing 56 pounds or 25 kilograms of coal, £1.10½, and

( c ) in the case of a container or package containing more than 56 pounds or 25 kilograms of coal, a sum calculated at the rate of £2.15 per hundredweight or per 50 kilograms, as the case may be."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry

and Commerce, this 11th day of March, 1975.

J. T. GODFREY,

A person authorised by the Minister for

Industry and Commerce to authenticate

the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail prices for pre-packaged coal.