Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 218

The Price Marking (Food) (Amendment) Order 1989

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1989 No. 218

PRICES

The Price Marking (Food) (Amendment) Order 1989

The Secretary of State, after consulting in accordance with sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Prices Act 1974^[1] with such organisations as are mentioned in section 2(6) of that Act, 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 (Food) (Amendment) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.

    2.    The Price Marking (Food) Order 1978^[2] is hereby amended in article 2 by the addition at the end of paragraph (2) of the following:-

"Provided that subparagraph (a) above shall not apply unless the number of employees who are each normally required to work in the shop for sixteen or more hours weekly does not exceed two.".

Eric Forth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry

20th February 1989

This Order amends the Price Marking (Food) Order 1978 by providing that the exemption contained in article 2(2)(a) in relation to food sold in a shop and either handed to the purchaser or delivered as the purchaser may direct shall only apply where the number of regular full-time employees normally required to work in the shop is no more than two. For this purpose, full-time employment is regarded as a requirement of sixteen or more hours' work per week (the minimum fixed by section 146(4) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, as amended by the Employment Act 1982, for an employee to qualify inter alia for a right to written particulars of terms of employment and itemised pay statements).

[1] 1974 c. 24; section 4 was amended by the Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), section 16(2). back

[2] S.I. 1978/738. back