Oct. 4] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1257

Price Order No. 447 (Ship Repair and Maintenance Charges)

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:—

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 447, and shall come into force on the 4th day of October, 1945.

2. (1) Price Order No. 280† is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) This Order applies only with respect to work carried out under the control or supervision of the Shipbuilding Division of the Marine Department on or in respect of ships in New Zealand.

(2) Subject to the provisions of the last preceding subclause, this Order applies to all ship repair and maintenance work that is carried out after the commencement of this Order (whether or not the work was begun before the commencement of this Order).

FIXING MAXIMUM CHARGES FOR SHIP REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WORK TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The maximum charge that may be made or received by any contractor for any work to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the several amounts computed in accordance with the following provisions of this clause, namely:—

(a) In respect of the services of workmen (other than foremen, apprentices, and boy labourers) the maximum charge shall be the sum of the following amounts:—

(i) In respect of workmen: An amount equal to wages computed at the appropriate award rates (subject to any legal variation), increased by 6 per cent. thereof to cover wages paid in excess of award rates:

(ii) An amount equal to such percentage of the amount calculated in accordance with subparagraph (1) hereof as has been or may be duly approved by the Tribunal as permissible overhead costs. Any approval given for the purposes of this subparagraph may be of general application or may be limited in its application in accordance with the terms thereof:

(iii) An amount equal to 10 per cent. of the sum of the amounts calculated in accordance with subparagraphs (i) and (ii) hereof.

(b) In respect of the services of foremen, apprentices, and boy labourers: Such charge as may be agreed to by the parties concerned, or, failing such agreement, such charge as the Tribunal may authorize.

(c) In respect of materials used in the work, the maximum charge shall be—

For materials ex stock . . . . The current ex stock merchant’s selling-price.

For material bought or procured especially for the work . . . . The cost price, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(d) In respect of the use by engineering firms of machinery of a kind specified in this paragraph, the maximum charge shall be—

Per Hour.
s. d.

For self-propelled and self-driven welding-machines . . . . 17 6

For portable welding-machines: DC to DC, AC to DC, and benzine and Diesel plant with leads and all gear . . . . . . . . 5 8

For stationary welding transformer with leads and all gear . . . . . . . . 3 0

For acetone gas cutting and welding plants, inclusive of all gear but excluding gas . . . . 1 6

For blacksmith’s forge, including anvil and all usual tools (plus fuel costs) . . . . . . 3 0

For blacksmith’s forge, steamhammer, boiler, inclusive of all tools (plus fuel cost) . . . . 6 3

Light machines—

For lathes up to 8 in. centres, including tools and power . . . . . . . . }

For drilling-machines (pillar type), including tools and power . . . . . . . . }

For shapers up to 16 in. stroke, including tools and power . . . . . . . . }

For light punch and shears up to ⅜ in. capacity, including tools and power . . . . . . }

For similar light plant, including tools and power . . . . . . . . }

2 0

Medium machines—

For lathes, over 8 in. and up to 12 in. centres, inclusive of tools and power and medium machine . . . . . . . . 4 6

Heavy machines—

For lathes, over 12 lb. centres, including tools and power . . . . . . . . }

For punch and shears, heavy type, over ½ in. capacity, tools, and power . . . . . . }

For electric cranes, overhead, including power and strops . . . . . . . . }

For hydraulic presses (heavy type), including power and strops . . . . . . . . }

For plate rolls ½ in. and over capacity, including power and strops; similar heavy plant . . . . . . . . }

For electric jib cranes, including power and strops . . . . . . . . }

7 6

For portable air-compressor, including power or fuel . . . . . . . . 12 6

For plate and frame furnace having capacity for (a) plate 24 sq. ft. and over, (b) frames 20 ft. long and over (excluding fuel costs) . . . . 12 6

For hydraulic riveters, inclusive of pumps, accumulators, power, water, and all tools . . . . 12 6

For main shop compressor (including power) . . . . 6 0

For hand pneumatic drilling-machine (portable) . . . . 3 2

For hand pneumatic grinding-machine (portable) . . . . 3 2

For hand electric drilling-machine (portable) . . . . 3 2

For hand electric grinding-machine (portable) . . . . 3 2

For drilling-machines (radial arms 3 ft. and over) . . . . 4 6

For angle-iron forge with tools (excluding fuel) . . . . 2 6

For yard cranes: Jibs and derricks complete with winches, slings, &c. (hand type) . . . . 6 0

For mobile cranes, 1 ton to 3 ton capacity . . . . 20 0

For pneumatic riveting hammers and caulking guns, with hoses and tools complete . . . . 2 0

For electric-light leads, including clusters and power . . . . 1 0

For punch and shears ⅜ in. to ½ in. capacity, including power and tools, medium type . . . . 4 6

For shop overhead cranes, 2 ton and over capacity . . . . 5 0

For rivet forges, with tools (oil, air, or hand), including fuel or power charges . . . . 1 6

For creeper gas-cutting machines, exclusive of gas . . . . 3 0

For profiling gas-cutting-plant, exclusive of gas . . . . 6 0

For metal-spraying equipment . . . . . . . . 15 0

For sand-blasting equipment (including labour charges) . . . . . . . . 15 0

(e) In respect of the incidental goods and services specified in this paragraph, the maximum charge shall be—

(i) For electrodes—

New Era extra fluxed, 4 g. to 14 g. inclusive . . . . }

New Era Vertical, 8 g. and 10 g. . . . . }

General Purpose structural, 4 g. to 12 g. inclusive . . . . }

All other electrodes at cost plus 25 per cent. . . . . 1¾d. per foot.

(ii) Gas for cutting and welding—

In areas served by a supply depot . . . . 2½d. per cubic foot.

In areas not served by a supply depot . . . . 2½d. per cubic foot, increased by actual additional freight and storage charges.

(iii) For cartage by contractor . . . . Current freight rates of a common carrier.

(iv) For cartage by master carriers . . . . The actual cost, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(v) For ocean or marine freight . . . . The actual freight charge paid, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(vi) For insurance on goods that after manufacture are despatched by sea . . . . The actual premium paid, plus 2½ per cent. thereof.

(vii) For meal money and welding money . . . . The actual cost, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(viii) For transport of men . . . . The actual disbursement, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(ix) For borrowed labour . . . . The invoice cost, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(f) In respect of any subcontract, the maximum charge shall be the contract price, plus 10 per cent. thereof.

(g) In respect of matters not specified in the foregoing provisions of this subclause and in respect of which an approved price has not been fixed or authorized by the Tribunal, the maximum charge shall be such as may be agreed to by the parties concerned, or, failing such agreement, such charge as the Tribunal may authorize.

(2) In respect of materials used for the purposes of any work to which this Order applies (including tools or other machinery used for the purposes of the work) no charge shall be made unless, if not actually incorporated in the work, they are rendered unfit for any further use and a certificate to that effect is given by or with the authority of the Controller of Shipbuilding.

(3) For the purposes of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subclause (1) hereof, the award rate of wages payable to any workman shall be deemed to include any cost-of-living allowance payable to that workman.

(4) No subcontract in relation to any work to which this Order applies shall be entered into without the approval of the Controller of Shipbuilding if the value of the subcontract or of all subcontracts let to the same contractor is £50 or more.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of October, 1945.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
†Gazette, 28th September, 1944, Vol. III, page 1169.