Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2226
The Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1988
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1988 No. 2226
PRICES
The Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1988
| Laid before Parliament | 22nd December 1988 |
| Coming into force | 23rd January 1989 |
The Secretary of State, after consulting in accordance with subsection (3) of section 4 of the Prices Act 1974[1] with the organisations therein referred to, in exercise of his powers under the said section 4 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 23rd January 1989.
2. The Price Marking (Petrol) Order 1980[2] is hereby amended— (a) in article 4(2), by deleting the words "the premises are price display premises and";
(b) by the deletion of article 7; and
(c) in paragraph 14(1) in Part III of the Schedule, by deleting the words "Article 7 or".
Eric Forth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
20th December 1988
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)This Order further amends the Price Marking (Petrol) Order 1980, as amended, by removing the requirement that, where petrol is sold by reference to the litre on price display premises, the equivalent price per gallon shall also be indicated on the roadside price display; and by permitting the use of a price equivalent chart at other premises where petrol is sold by the litre as an alternative to marking the gallon equivalent price on the pump.
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Notes:[1] 1974 c. 24; section 4 was amended by the Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), section 16(1).
[2] S.I. 1980/1121, amended by S.I. 1987/8.
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