Price Order No. 899 (Fish—Wellington)

Pursuant to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Act, 1947, 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. 899, and shall come into force on the 5th day of July, 1948.

2. (1) Price Order No. 593* 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.

3. In this Order:-
   "Wellington Metropolitan Area" means the area comprising the cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone, and the Town District of Johnsonville :
   "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, means licensed pursuant to the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

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

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

6. 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

7. (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 Wellington Metropolitan Area.
   (3) Where delivery of any fish to which this Order applies is effected by a licensed fisherman elsewhere than within the Wellington Metropolitan Area 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 wholesaler within the Wellington Metropolitan Area.

Wholesalers' Prices

8. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any fish to which this Order applies, when sold to a retailer for delivery within the Wellington Metropolitan Area, shall be the appropriate maximum price specified in the Second Schedule hereto.
   (2) With respect to sales made by a wholesaler to a retailer for delivery outside the Wellington 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 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.

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

Retailers' Prices

10. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, 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.
    (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 Wellington 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 Wellington 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 Wellington Metropolitan Area are fixed by any other Price Order, such prices shall not be exceeded within the area to which the other Order applies.
' 11. Except with the prior consent of the Tribunal, no additional charge for any fish shall be made by a retailer on account of any preparation other than that described or referred to in the Third Schedule hereto.

12. 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.

13. If in respect of any lot of fish sold by a licensed fisherman, a wholesaler, or a retailer, the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing 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.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Maximum Licensed Fisherman's Prices for Fish to which this Order applies when sold to a Wholesaler

SECOND SCHEDULE

Maximum Wholesale Prices for Fish to which this Order applies

• Gazette, 15th August, 1946, Vol. Il, page 1142.