S.I. No. 65/1966:

PIGS AND BACON ACTS, 1935 TO 1961 (PIGS AND BACON COMMISSION) MINIMUM PRICES (NO. 1) ORDER, 1966.

PIGS AND BACON ACTS, 1935 TO 1961 (PIGS AND BACON COMMISSION) MINIMUM PRICES (NO. 1) ORDER, 1966.

WHEREAS sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No. 37 of 1956) provides that the Commission may by Order :--

(a) fix in respect of carcases of factory-purchased pigs of any grade of any graded class sold while the Order is in force, the minimum price (in terms of a rate per hundred-weight) thereof :

(b) fix, in respect of carcases of factory-purchased pigs of any non-graded class sold while the Order is in force, the minimum price (in terms of a rate per hundredweight) thereof.

AND WHEREAS Section 21 of the Pigs and Bacon (Amendment) Act, 1961 provides that an Order under the said Section shall not be made without the consent of the Minister for Agriculture.

AND WHEREAS this Order is being made with the consent of the Minister as required by Section 21 of the said Act.

NOW THEREFORE the Pigs and Bacon Commission in exercise of the powers vested in it under the said Section hereby orders as follows :--

(1) This Order may be cited as The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Minimum Prices (No. 1) Order, 1966.

(2) This Order shall come into force on Monday, the 11th day of April, 1966.

(3) The minimum price of every carcase of a factory-purchased pig of the class and grade specified in the Schedule hereto sold during the currency of this Order shall be calculated at the rate per hundredweight specified in the Schedule hereto appropriate to the grade of such carcase.

(4) The Class and Grade of every carcase to which this Order applies shall be ascertained in the manner prescribed in The Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Grading (No. 1) Order, 1966.

(5) The Pigs and Bacon Acts 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Minimum Prices (No. 2) Order, 1964 and The Pigs and Bacon Acts 1935 to 1961 (Pigs and Bacon Commission) Minimum Prices (No. 1) Order, 1965 shall be and are hereby revoked as from the time when this Order comes into force.

SCHEDULE.

Provisions for calculating the minimum prices of factory-purchased bacon pigs.

GIVEN under the Seal of the Pigs and Bacon Commission this 16th day of March, 1966.

The Seal of the Commission was affixed in the presence of :

J. F. WALLIS,

An authorised Member.

D. WARD,

An authorised Officer.

The foregoing Order was made with the consent of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries this 25th day of March, 1966.

Signed: J. O'MAHONY,

A person authorised by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries to authenticate the Official Seal of the Ministers.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the minimum prices in respect of carcases of factory-purchased pigs graded " A Special ", " A ", " L " and " B1 " purchased by licensed bacon curers on and after Monday the 11th April, 1966 at 260/-, 248/-, 223/-, and 240/-respectively.