The Control of Matches (Revocation) Order, 1949
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) This Order supersedes the Matches (Control of Prices) Order, 1949 (S.I. 1949 No. 684). The principal changes are:—
(a) the cash discount on sales to wholesalers or retailers has been increased from 2d. to 2½d. in the £ ;
(b) maximum prices are now provided for boxes of matches of all sizes ;
(c) book matches are no longer controlled by the Order.

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