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PRICES

Made 29th November 1978

Laid before Parliament 8th December 1978

Coming into Operation 1st March 1979

Whereas—

(1) the Secretary of State on 31st August 1978 first published a report made to him by the Price Commission pursuant to section 11(1) of the Price Commission Act 1977 on the question of the relationship between recommended retail prices and actual retail prices of beds and the effect of such recommended retail prices on the prices and margins of manufacturers and distributors; and

(2) the said report includes—

  1. (a)

    an indication of a matter which the Price Commission consider is connected with that question and should be remedied, and

  2. (b)

    advice as to certain matters specified by the Secretary of State as matters on which the Price Commission's advice was required:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State—

  1. (a)

    as respects the provisions of articles 1, 2 and 6 of this Order, after consulting the Director General of Fair Trading in accordance with section 12(3) of the said Act of 1977, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12(3), (4)(a) and (6)(c) of that Act; and

  2. (b)

    as respects the provisions of articles 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this Order, after consulting in such manner as appeared to him appropriate having regard to the subject-matter and urgency of those provisions in accordance with section 4(3) of the Prices Act 1974, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4(1)(c) of that Act as substituted by section 16(1) of the said Act of 1977,

and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—