Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/206 |
1991 No. 206
PRICES
The Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1991
Made 7th February 1991
Laid before Parliament 7th February 1991
Coming into force 28th February 1991
The Secretary of State, after consulting in accordance with section 4(3) of the Prices Act 19741with the organisations as are referred to 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 mayes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 28th February 1991.
2. The Price Marking (Petrol) Order 19802is hereby amended as follows:
(a) in Article 2(3), by deleting the definition of “cash price” and by adding the following:
(i) to the definition of “price”, the words “and in Article 7(1)(b) below, Part I and paragraphs 4(3)(b) and 6 of the Schedule includes a price the amount of which is calculated by, or is dependent upon, some factor other than the measure of volume of the petrol supplied;”;
(ii) at the end, “references in Article 7(1) below and in paragraph 4(3) of the Schedule to “method of payment” do not include a method of payment which is available only to persons having a preexisting contractual or other connection with the person indicating the price in question or with some person connected with him, being a connection which relates principally to matters other than payment in respect of transactions between that person and the purchaser, and references in paragraph 4(3) of the Schedule to “different circumstances” and in paragraph 9(2) of the Schedule to “some condition” do not include an arrangement relating to the amount payable only by such persons.”;
(b) by renumbering Article 6 as Article 6(1) and adding the following paragraph:
“2 The price indicated under paragraph (1) above in respect of any grade of petrol shall be the price calculated by reference to the same method of payment and the same circumstances as are indicated on the pump for that grade pursuant to Article 3 above.”;
(c) by adding a new Article 7 as follows:
“Indication at point of payment
7.—(1) On any premises where petrol is for sale by retail, at the point where the payment therefore is made there shall be made available by the person making that sale a statement of—
(a)
(a) any method of payment (being a method of payment accepted by that person) to which the price he has indicated pursuant to Article 3 above does not apply, and
(b)
(b) either
(i) the price payable under each method mentioned in (a) above or,
(ii) the difference between the price payable by each such method of...
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