The Price Marking (Petrol) (Amendment) Order 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Price Marking (Petrol) Order 1980 as amended.

The principal changes are as follows:

(a) the price indicated on the pump and the voluntary roadside price display for any grade of petrol need not be the lowest price at which petrol may be purchased for cash (Articles 2(a), (e) and (g));

(b) the price for any grade of petrol indicated on the voluntary roadside price display must relate to the same method of payment and tile same circumstances as the price indicated on the pump (Article 2(b));

(c) the price and any statement about the circumstances in which different prices are charged which are indicated on the pump, on the voluntary roadside price display and at the point of payment shall be that applying at the time of sale (Article 2(d));

(d) a statement at the pump must show the circumstances (including different methods of payment but excluding different times) in which a price different from the one indicated on the pump applies. The statement must also show either the price payable under such other circumstances or the difference between the price payable under such other circumstances and the price marked on the pump (Article 2(f));

(e) if a price indicated on the voluntary roadside price display is dependent on the method of payment only one specified method of payment applicable to the price need be indicated, and if the price is dependent on the lime of sale this condition need not be indicated (Article 2(h));

(f) a statement must be given at the point of payment of any acceptable method of payment to which the price indicated on the pump does not apply. The statement must also show either the price payable under such other method or. the difference between the price payable by such other method and the price marked on the pump (Article 2(c)).