New Zealand Gazette – 1946 – No. 56

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✨ Price Regulation Order

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 56

Price Order No. 593 (Fish within Wellington Metropolitan Area)

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:—

This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 593, and shall come into force on the 16th day of August, 1946.
Price Orders No. 149† and No. 399‡ are hereby revoked.
(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“The said regulations” means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939*:
“Licensed”, in relation to any fisherman, means licensed pursuant to the Fisheries Amendment Act, 1945.

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

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

(1) This Order applies only with respect to fish sold for delivery within the Wellington Metropolitan Area which for the purposes of this Order shall be deemed to comprise the cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone, and the Town District of Johnsonville.

(2) Subject to the last preceding subclause, this Order applies with respect to—
(a) Any fish of a kind and in the state of preparation described or referred to in the First Schedule hereto sold by a licensed fisherman to a wholesaler:
(b) Any fish of a kind and in the state of preparation described or referred to in the Second Schedule hereto sold by a wholesaler to a retailer:
(c) Any fish of a kind and in the state of preparation described or referred to in the Third Schedule hereto sold by a retailer to a consumer for consumption off the premises of the retailer.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to fish sold by auction as well as to fish sold otherwise.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR FISH TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

(1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any licensed fisherman for any fish to which this Order applies when sold to a wholesaler shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the First Schedule hereto.

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any fish to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

(3) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any fish to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Third Schedule hereto.

Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any fish to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the fish to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the name of the fish and the retail price per pound.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Maximum Licensed Fishermen’s Prices for Fish to which this Order applies when sold to a Wholesaler

Kind of Fish.	State of Preparation.	Maximum Price.
Groper
Hake
Trumpeter	Headed and gutted	s. d. 0 6 per lb.
Bonito
Blue cod	Gutted	0 6 ,,
Butterfish	Gutted	0 6 ,,
Ling	Headed and gutted	0 4½ ,,
Kingfish	Headed and gutted	0 4 ,,
John Dory	Gutted	0 4 ,,
Snapper
Tarakihi	Gutted	0 4 ,,
Moki
Warehou	Green	0 4 ,,
Red cod	Gutted	0 2½ ,,
Gurnard	Green	0 2 ,,
Barracouta	Headed and gutted	0 5 each.
Rough fish (all other fish)	Green	0 1½ per lb.
Crayfish	Green, under 3 lb.	0 5 ,,
	Green, 3 lb. and over	0 4 ,,
Roe	Mixed	0 3 ,,

SECOND SCHEDULE

Maximum Wholesale Prices for Fish to which this Order applies

Kind of Fish.	State of Preparation.	Maximum Wholesale Price.
Groper
Hake
Trumpeter	Headed, gutted, bled, and washed	s. d. 0 7½ per lb.
Bonito
Blue cod	Gutted and washed	0 7½ ,,
Butterfish	Gutted and washed	0 7½ ,,
Ling	Headed, gutted, and washed..	0 6 ,,
Kingfish	Headed, gutted, and washed..	0 5½ ,,
John Dory	Gutted and washed	0 5½ ,,

SECOND SCHEDULE—continued

Maximum Wholesale Prices for Fish to which this Order applies—ctd.

Kind of Fish.	State of Preparation.	Maximum Wholesale Price.
Snapper
Tarakihi	Gutted and washed	s. d. 0 5½ per lb.
Moki
Warehou	Gutted and washed	0 6 ,,
Red cod	Gutted and washed	0 3¾ ,,
Gurnard	Gutted and washed	0 4 ,,
Flats	Gutted and washed	0 11 ,,
Barracouta	Headed, gutted, and washed..	0 6¼ each.
Rough fish (all other fish)	Green	0 2¾ per lb.
Rough fish (all other fish)	Headed, gutted, and washed..	0 3 ,,
Crayfish	Green, under 3 lb.	0 6 ,,
	Green, 3 lb. and over	0 5 ,,
	Cooked, under 3 lb.	0 7¾ ,,
	Cooked, 3 lb. and over	0 7 ,,
Roe	Mixed	0 4 ,,
Smoked fish—
Blue cod	Split	1 2 ,,
Hake	Fillets	1 2 ,,
Tarakihi	Fillets	1 2 ,,
Tarakihi	Split	0 10 ,,
Snapper	Split	0 10 ,,
Ling	Fillets	0 11 ,,
Red cod	Fillets	0 11 ,,
Barracouta	Fillets	0 9 ,,
Conger eel	Fillets	0 9 ,,
Gurnard	Split	0 9 ,,
Gurnard	Fillets	0 10 ,,
Other fish	Fillets	0 8 ,,

THIRD SCHEDULE

Maximum Retail Prices for Fish to which this Order applies

Kind of Fish.	State of Preparation.	Maximum Retail Price.
Groper	Pieces 2 lb. and over, trimmed	s. d. 1 1 per lb.
Hake	Pieces under 2 lb., trimmed, steaks and cutlets	1 3 ,,
Trumpeter
Bonito
Blue cod	Head on, gutted	1 0 ,,
	Fillets, skinned	1 9 ,,
Butterfish	Head on, gutted	1 0 ,,
	Head on, skinned	1 3 ,,
	Fillets, skinned	1 9 ,,
Ling	Pieces 2 lb. and over, trimmed	0 11 ,,
	Pieces under 2 lb., trimmed, steaks and cutlets	1 1 ,,
Kingfish	Pieces 2 lb. and over, trimmed	0 9 ,,
	Pieces under 2 lb., trimmed, steaks and cutlets	1 0 ,,
John Dory	Heads on, gutted	0 8 ,,
	Fillets	1 6 ,,
Snapper	Heads on, gutted, and scaled	0 8 ,,
Tarakihi	Heads off, gutted, and scaled	0 10 ,,
Moki	Heads off, scaled, and trimmed	1 0 ,,
	Steaks and cutlets	1 2 ,,
	Fillets	1 4 ,,
	Heads off, gutted	0 9 ,,
Warehou	Pieces 2 lb. and over, trimmed	0 9 ,,
	Pieces under 2 lb., trimmed, steaks and cutlets	1 2 ,,
	Fillets	1 4 ,,
	Heads off, gutted, and scaled	0 6 ,,
Red cod	Steaks and cutlets	0 10 ,,
	Fillets	1 0 ,,
Gurnard	Heads on, gutted	0 6 ,,
	Fillets	1 0 ,,
Flats	Gutted	1 3 ,,
	Fillets	2 6 ,,
Barracouta	Fillets	0 8 ,,
Rough fish (all other fish)	Heads off, gutted, and pieces	0 5 ,,
	Fillets, skinned	0 10 ,,
Skate wings	Skinned	0 6 ,,
Crayfish	Cooked, under 3 lb.	1 0 ,,
	Cooked, 3 lb. and over	0 10 ,,
Roe	Hard	0 9 ,,
	Soft	0 6 ,,
Smoked fish—
Blue cod	Split	1 6 ,,
Hake	Fillets	1 6 ,,
Tarakihi	Fillets	1 6 ,,
Tarakihi	Split	1 2 ,,
Snapper	Split	1 2 ,,
Ling	Fillets	1 3 ,,
Red cod	Fillets	1 3 ,,
Barracouta	Fillets	1 0 ,,
Conger eel	Fillets	1 0 ,,
Gurnard	Split	1 0 ,,
Gurnard	Fillets	1 2 ,,
Other fish	Fillets	0 11 ,,
Pilchards		1 6 ,,
Smoked roe		2 6 ,,

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of August, 1946.

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, 29th July, 1943, Vol. II, page 914.
‡ Gazette, 2nd August, 1945, Vol. II, page 986.

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🏭 Price Order No. 593 (Fish within Wellington Metropolitan Area)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated13 August 1946
KeywordsPrice Regulation, Fish, Wellington Metropolitan Area, Maximum Prices, Fisheries
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W. J. Hunter (Judge), President
H. L. Wise, Member

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