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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 94

Price Order No. 292 (Meat sold Elsewhere than in an Abattoir District)

P URSUANT to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939,* the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, doth hereby make the following Price Order:-

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 292, and, except as provided in clause 2 hereof, shall come into force on the lst day of January, 1945.

2. (1) Price Order No. 220t is hereby revoked. The revocation of the said Price Order shall take effect as follows:-

(a) In its application to meat sold in the Auckland, Christchurch, or Dunedin Abattoir Districts, on the 4th day of December, 1944:

(b) In its application to meat sold in any other abattoir district, on the 1st day of January, 1945:

(c) In its application to meat sold elsewhere than in an abattoir district, on the 1st day of January, 1945.

(2) The revocation of the said Price Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

3. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,-

“Abattoir district” means an abattoir district constituted in accordance with the Meat Act, 1939:

“The said specification” means the New Zealand Emergency Standard Specification (No. N.Z.S.S. E. 79) entitled “Grades of Meat for Sale on the Local Market and Definitions of Joints and Cuts,” issued by the New Zealand Standard Institute under the authority of the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Industries and Commerce, and, subject to the proviso hereto, includes any amendment of the said specification that may hereafter be made:

Provided that, for the purposes of this Order, no amendment made after the date of this Order shall have any effect before the expiration of seven days after the date of publication in the Gazette of a notification of the making of the amendment.

(2) References in this Order to the kind, description, or grade of any meat shall be deemed respectively to be references to the kind, description, or grade of such meat within the meaning and for the purposes of the said specification.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) This Order applies only with respect to retail sales of meat intended for human consumption and sold elsewhere than in an abattoir district.

(2) All meat sold or delivered to a purchaser during the currency of this Order shall be deemed to be intended for human consumption unless it is sold for some other specific purpose.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

(4) The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any meat to which the Order applies is sold otherwise than by weight.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF MEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Maximum Retail Prices of Prime-quality Meat

5. (1) The basic retail prices of prime-quality meat of the kinds and descriptions specified in the First Schedule hereto shall be the appropriate prices prescribed in that Schedule.

(2) Except where an increase in the retail price of any such meat is authorized in accordance with the Second Schedule hereto, or in accordance with subclause (2) of clause 7 hereof, the maximum retail price of any such meat shall be calculated at the rate of the appropriate basic price fixed in accordance with the First Schedule hereto.

Maximum Retail Price of Meat other than “Prime-quality” Meat

6. The maximum retail price per pound of any meat of a kind mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, but of a quality other than “prime quality,” shall be the maximum price per pound fixed in accordance with this Order as for prime-quality meat of the same kind, reduced by an amount equal to 20 per cent. thereof.

General Provisions as to Maximum Retail Prices

7. (1) The maximum retail prices as aforesaid are fixed in respect of cash sales of meat delivered over the counter.

(2) Where delivery of any meat is effected otherwise than over the counter or where the sale is not for cash, the maximum retail price of that meat shall be the appropriate maximum retail price as fixed by this Order, increased by ld. per pound.

(3) No additional charges shall be made by a retailer for wrapping any meat to which this Order applies, or for trimming or other incidental and customary services performed in relation to the retailing of any such meat.

(4) If in respect of any lot of meat the maximum price calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

RETAILERS TO EXHIBIT RETAIL PRICES

8. (1) Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale any joints or cuts of meat to which this Order applies shall affix to each joint or cut a ticket, placard, or label on which the total retail price of such joint or cut shall be stated in legible and prominent characters.

(2) In the case of meat items which in accordance with the customary practice within the trade are offered or exposed for sale otherwise than by the joint or cut the retailer shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the meat to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label showing in legible and prominent characters the retail price per pound or per unit, as the case may be.

FIRST SCHEDULE

BASIC RETAIL PRICES OF PRIME-QUALITY MEAT

Kind or Description of Meat. Basic Price per Pound. Kind or Description of Meat. Basic Price per Pound.

(a) Veal-

Fillet .. .. .. .. 0 11

Loin .. .. .. .. 0 9

Stewing .. .. .. .. 0 6

Soup meat .. .. .. .. 0 4

Steak .. .. .. .. 0 11

Rump steak .. .. .. .. 1 2

Cutlets .. .. .. .. 1 0

Rolled .. .. .. .. 0 10

Stuffed .. .. .. .. 0 11

(b) Beef (Ox and Heifer)-

Rump steak .. .. .. .. 1 2

Fillet steak .. .. .. .. 1 4

Thick flank or top rump steak .. .. .. .. 0 9

Porterhouse steak-

Bone in .. .. .. .. 1 2

Bone out .. .. .. .. 1 6

Tenderboy steak.. .. .. .. 0 10

(b) Beef (Ox and Heifer)-continued

Topside steak .. .. .. .. 0 9

Skirt steak .. .. .. .. 0 8

Chuck steak .. .. .. .. 0 7

Blade or bolar steak .. .. .. .. 0 8

Stuffed steak .. .. .. .. .. ..

The respective price- fixed above for the appropriate steak, increased by ld. per pound.

Sirloin .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10

Sirloin, rolled and boneless .. .. .. .. 1 1

Prime ribs .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 7½

Prime ribs, rolled and boneless .. .. .. .. 0 10½

Chuck ribs .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 5

Chuck ribs, rolled and boneless .. .. .. .. 0 8

Back ribs, rolled and boneless .. .. .. .. 0 8

Wing ribs .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10

Blade, rolled and boneless .. .. .. .. 0 8

Topside .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 9

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.

† Gazette, 13th April, 1944, Vol. I, page 368.

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