Num. 35

591

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1945

Price Order 373 (Fish) (Dunedin)

PURSUANT 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 :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 373, and shall come into force on the 4th day of June, 1945.

2. In this Order—

“Dunedin Metropolitan Area” means the area comprising the City of Dunedin and the boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, St. Kilda, and West Harbour :

“Fillet”, in relation to any fish, means the descaled flesh of a fish from which the head and backbone have been removed :

“Licensed”, in relation to any fisherman, fish-wholesaler, or fish-retailer, means licensed pursuant to the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) This Order applies only with respect to fish taken by a licensed fisherman and acquired by a licensed fish-wholesaler for the purposes of a business carried on by him within the Dunedin Metropolitan Area or acquired by a licensed fish-retailer from a licensed fish-wholesaler carrying on business as aforesaid, whether the business of the retailer is carried on within the Dunedin Metropolitan Area or elsewhere.

(2) Subject to the last preceding subclause, this Order applies with respect to—

(a) Sales by a licensed fisherman to a licensed fish-wholesaler of any fish of a kind and in the state of preparation described or referred to in the First Schedule hereto :

(b) Sales by a licensed fish-wholesaler to a licensed fish-retailer or to any other person of any fish of a kind and in the state of preparation described or referred to in the Second Schedule hereto :

(c) Sales by a licensed fish-retailer for consumption off the premises of the retailer of any fish of a kind and in the state of preparation described or referred to in the Third Schedule hereto.

4. The prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

5. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any fish to which this Order applies is sold otherwise than by weight.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR FISH TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Fishermen’s Prices

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any licensed fisherman for any fish to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the First Schedule hereto.

(2) The several maximum prices fixed in the First Schedule hereto are fixed as for delivery within the City of Dunedin.

(3) Where delivery of any fish to which this Order applies is effected by a licensed fisherman elsewhere than within the City of Dunedin, the several maximum prices fixed in the First Schedule hereto shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the cost (if any) incurred by him in effecting delivery and the cost that would have been incurred by him had delivery been effected at the premises of the fish-wholesaler within the City of Dunedin.

Wholesalers’ Prices

7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any licensed fish-wholesaler for any fish to which this Order applies, when sold to a licensed fish-retailer or to any other person whose place of business or residence is situate within the Dunedin Metropolitan Area, shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

(2) With respect to sales made by a licensed fish-wholesaler to a licensed fish-retailer or to any other person whose place of business or residence is situate outside the Dunedin Metropolitan Area, the several maximum prices fixed in the Second Schedule hereto may be increased as follows :—

(a) By an amount not exceeding ½d. per pound where the wholesaler prepares and packs the fish for transport ; and

(b) By the amount of the actual freight charges incurred by the wholesaler in effecting delivery to the retailer or to any other person, but not exceeding in any case the charges that would have been incurred by him if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates.

8. Except with the prior consent of the Tribunal, no additional charge for any fish shall be made by a fish-wholesaler on account of any preparation other than that described or referred to in the Second Schedule hereto.

Retailers’ Prices

9. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any licensed fish-retailer for any fish to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Third Schedule hereto.

(2) The several maximum retail prices fixed in the Third Schedule hereto are fixed as for fish sold by a retailer whose place of business is situate within the Dunedin Metropolitan Area.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding subclause where packing or freight charges are paid or payable by a retailer whose place of business is situate outside the Dunedin Metropolitan Area in obtaining delivery of any fish to his premises, the several maximum prices fixed in the Third Schedule hereto may be increased by a proportionate part of those charges.

(4) Where the maximum retail prices for fish that may be charged by any retailer whose place of business is situate outside the Dunedin Metropolitan Area are fixed by any other Price Order, such prices shall not be exceeded within the area to which the other Order applies.

(5) If in respect of any lot of fish sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

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