Numb. 75 1503

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1945

Notice under the Regulations Act, 1936

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under :—

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Price Order No. 464 (New Potatoes)

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. 464, and shall come into force on the 1st day of December, 1945.

2. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“ The said regulations ” means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939* :

“ Distributor ”, in relation to any lot of potatoes, means a wholesaler, as defined in the said regulations, who sells those potatoes otherwise than to a retailer for purposes of retail sale :

“ Grower ”, in relation to potatoes, means a person engaged in the business of growing potatoes for sale :

The expression “ f.o.r.s.i. ” means “ free on rail, sacks or other containers included ”.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said regulations, when used in this Order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by those regulations.

3. Subject to any general or specific directions that may be given by or on behalf of the Tribunal, any expenses that are reasonably incurred by a wholesaler or retailer in undertaking the transport of any potatoes at his own expense may be regarded for the purposes of this Order as if they were transport charges paid by him, and the maximum price of the potatoes shall be determined accordingly.

4. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any potatoes to which the Order is applicable are sold otherwise than by weight.

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

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

6. For the purposes of this Order potatoes shall be deemed to be first grade or under-grade, as the case may be, in accordance with the following rules :—

(a) Rules as to Size—

With respect to potatoes sold for delivery in the North Island or in the Nelson Provincial District (excluding the Buller, Grey, and Inangahua Counties)—

(i) If in any sample of one hundred potatoes taken at random from any lot sold for delivery during the month of December, 1945, more than 15 per cent. by number of the sample can be passed through a square of which the sides have an inside measurement of 1½ in., all the potatoes in the lot from which the sample is taken shall be deemed to be under-grade :

(ii) If in any sample of one hundred potatoes taken at random from any lot sold for delivery during either of the months of January or February, 1946, more than 15 per cent. by number of the sample can be passed through a square of which the sides have an inside measurement of 1¾ in., all the potatoes in the lot from which the sample is taken shall be deemed to be under-grade :

With respect to potatoes sold for delivery anywhere else in New Zealand—

(i) If in any sample of one hundred potatoes taken at random from any lot sold for delivery during the month of December, 1945, more than 15 per cent. by number of the sample can be passed through a square of which the sides have an inside measurement of 1½ in., all the potatoes in the lot from which the sample is taken shall be deemed to be under-grade :