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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 28

Amending Regulations under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of April, 1936.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the regulations made under the said Act on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and gazetted on the twenty-sixth day of the same month (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”), as follows:—

(1) Subclause three of Regulation 28 of the principal regulations referring to flour is hereby amended by adding thereto after the word “substance” the words “except calcium acid phosphate (calculated as CaH₄(PO₄)₂) which may be added in a proportion not exceeding three-tenths of the one part per centum (calculated on a dry basis).”

(2) Subclause nine of Regulation 55 of the principal regulations relating to vanilla substitutes is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words “printed matter” and substituting therefor the words “descriptive words.”

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(H. F. & D. 36/1.)

Motor-spirits (Regulation of Prices) Regulations, 1936.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of April, 1936.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section three of the Motor-spirits (Regulation of Prices) Act, 1933, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby, on the recommendation of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, revoke the Motor-spirits (Regulation of Prices) Regulations, dated the twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 14 on the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, at page 270, as from the date of publication of this Order in Council in the Gazette, and doth hereby on the recommendation of the Minister of Industries and Commerce as aforesaid make the following regulations relating to the fixation of the wholesale and retail price of motor-spirits in substitution therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Motor-spirits (Regulation of Prices) Regulations, 1936.

2. These regulations shall come into force on the day following the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

3. For the purposes of these regulations there shall be two classes of motor-spirits, namely:—

(a) Standard grade motor-spirits.

(b) Premium grade motor-spirits.

All motor-spirits sold at any time after the coming into force of these regulations under the following names, brands, or descriptions—namely, Power Chief, Texaco 400, Shell, Big Tree, Plume, Atlantic, and Europa—are hereby declared to belong to the class of standard grade motor-spirits.

All motor-spirits sold at any time after the coming into force of these regulations under the following names, brands, or descriptions—namely, Super Power Chief, Super Shell, Super Plume Ethyl, and Atlantic Ethyl—are hereby declared to belong to the class of premium grade motor-spirits.

4. These regulations shall apply only to the area specified in the Schedule hereto, and the prices herein mentioned which may be charged by wholesalers of motor-spirits shall be the prices charged for delivery within that area to a purchaser, either in containers holding not less than 44 gallons or in bulk into underground tanks.

5. Except as hereinafter provided the minimum price at which a wholesaler may sell standard grade motor-spirits shall be 1s. 7d. per imperial gallon.

6. Except as hereinafter provided the maximum price at which a wholesaler may sell standard grade motor-spirits shall be 1s. 7d. per imperial gallon; provided, however, that such maximum price shall not apply—

(a) To any sale made during the first fifteen days of any month in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made before the end of that month;

(b) To any sale made during any part of any month after the first fifteen days thereof in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made prior to the sixteenth day of the month following the month in which the said sale was made.

7. The minimum price at which a wholesaler acting under an agreement with an accredited agent of such wholesaler in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell standard grade motor-spirits to such accredited agent shall be 1s. 6d. per imperial gallon.

8. The maximum price at which a wholesaler acting under an agreement with an accredited agent of such wholesaler in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell standard grade motor-spirits to such accredited agent shall be 1s. 6d. per imperial gallon; provided, however, that such maximum price shall not apply to any sale in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made prior to the twenty-first day of the month following the month in which such sale was made.

9. Except as hereinafter provided the minimum price at which a wholesaler may sell premium grade motor-spirits shall be 1s. 8d. per imperial gallon.

10. Except as hereinafter provided the maximum price at which a wholesaler may sell premium grade motor-spirits shall be 1s. 8d. per imperial gallon; provided, however, that such maximum price shall not apply—

(a) To any sale made during the first fifteen days of any month in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made before the end of that month;

(b) To any sale made during any part of any month after the first fifteen days thereof in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made prior to the sixteenth day of the month following the month in which the said sale was made.

11. The minimum price at which a wholesaler acting under an agreement with an accredited agent of such wholesaler in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell premium grade motor-spirits to such accredited agent shall be 1s. 7d. per imperial gallon.

12. The maximum price at which a wholesaler acting under an agreement with an accredited agent of such wholesaler in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell premium grade motor-spirits to such accredited agent shall be 1s. 7d. per imperial gallon; provided, however, that such maximum price shall not apply to any sale in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made prior to the twenty-first day of the month following the month in which such sale was made.

13. The minimum price at which a wholesaler or accredited agent of a wholesaler acting under an agreement in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell standard grade motor-spirits to any person who, during any one year commencing on the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December, buys not less than 4,800 imperial gallons of such motor-spirits for use in his own business or businesses and not for resale shall be 1s. 7d. per imperial gallon.

14. The maximum price at which a wholesaler or accredited agent of a wholesaler acting under an agreement in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell standard grade motor-spirits to any person who, during any one year commencing on the first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December, buys not less than 4,800 imperial gallons of such motor-spirits for use in his own business or businesses and not for resale shall be 1s. 7d. per imperial gallon; provided that the maximum price mentioned in this regulation shall not apply—

(a) To any sale made during the first fifteen days of any month in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made before the end of that month;

(b) To any sale made during any part of any month after the first fifteen days thereof in respect of which payment of the purchase price has not been made prior to the sixteenth day of the month following the month in which the said sale was made.

15. The minimum price at which a wholesaler or accredited agent of a wholesaler acting under an agreement in force on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations may sell premium grade motor-spirits to any person who,