JUNE 2]

Price Order No. 1012 (Substantial Meals)

Pursuant to 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:

Preliminary

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1012, and shall
   come into force on the 3rd day of June, 1949.

2. (1) Price Order No. 783* 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. For the purposes of this Order-
   "Public hotel" means any premises in respect of which a
   publican's licence or an accommodation licence is in
   force under the Licensing Act, 1908.
   "Private hotel" and "boardinghouse" mean respectively
   premises where the principal business carried on is the
   provision of board and lodging for persons resident
   therein, but do not include any such premises where
   the number of lodgers usually resident therein is less
   than five.

Application of this Order

4. (1) This Order does not apply with respect to meals served
   in any public or private hotel or in any boardinghouse.
   (2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, this
   Order applies with respect to all meals of any description specified
   in the Schedule hereto that are supplied on any premises to members
   of the general public for consumption on the premises.

5. (1) The amounts specified in the Schedule hereto as authorized
   additional prices for extras may be charged only for the extras
   specified and only where the particular extra is supplied with a
   meal in the group in respect of which the extra is specified.
   (2) Nothing in this Order shall be construed to authorize the
   charging for any meal of an amount in excess of the amount specified
   in the Schedule for that meal irrespective of whether additional
   foodstuffs in respect of which no charge is specified are served with
   the meal.

6. In respect of the service of meals to which this Order
   applies, the quality and quantity of such meals, and all amenities
   and services heretofore provided in connection therewith by the
   purveyor, must be maintained.

7. A menu written in English and showing the prices and details
   of meals and extras available shall be submitted by the purveyor
   to each customer when he orders a meal.

8. It shall be the duty of all purveyors of meals to which this
   Order applies to keep a copy of the Order prominently displayed
   in his premises in such a position that customers may examine the
   Order without having to ask for its production, and without having
   to ask permission to examine it.

Fixing Maximum Charges for Meals to which this Order
Applies

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause the maximum
   price that may be charged or received for any meal to which this
   Order applies shall be the appropriate price specified in the Schedule
   hereto. An additional charge, not exceeding 6d., may be made
   in respect of any such meal that is served on Sunday, Christmas
   Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
   Anzac Day, Labour Day, the day observed as the Sovereign's
   Birthday, or the day observed as the anniversary of the Province
   in which the meal is served, and an additional charge not exceeding
   3d. may be made in respect of any meal that is served on any
   Saturday that does not fall on one of the said public holidays.
   In addition to the charges hereinbefore prescribed a charge, not
   exceeding 6d., may be made in respect of any such meal that is
   ordered before 7 a.m. on any day or that is ordered after 10 p.m.
   on any day by a customer who was not waiting to give his order
   fifteen minutes or more before that hour.
   (2) The maximum charges fixed by this Order shall be deemed
   to include any charge made for the reservation of seats or tables
   or for any other service incidental to the providing and serving of
   meals.
   (3) A pot or cup of tea or coffee shall be supplied with and
   deemed part of every meal and, except as provided in the Schedule
   hereto, no extra charge shall be made for these or for bread and
   butter, garnishings, or vegetables supplied with any meal.
   (4) When the term "salad" is used in the Schedule hereto,
   other than in Group C, that term shall, for the purposes of this
   Order, mean a salad comprising either lettuce or a base of lettuce
   and up to three other ingredients.
   (5) For the purpose of this Order a "return" shall be deemed
   to be a separate meal and, subject to the following provisions of
   this clause, may be charged for accordingly.
   (6) In any case where a partial return only is provided, the
   additional charge (if any), made therefor shall not exceed a fair
   proportion of the price chargeable under this Order for the original
   meal.
   (7) Where it is proposed to make an additional charge for a
   return or a partial return, it shall be the duty of the purveyor,
   before the order is complied with, to inform the customer of the
   amount of the additional charge proposed to be made, and if he
   fails to do so, he shall not be entitled to make any additional charge.

10. Where any meal is served in respect of which no charge
    is specified in the Schedule hereto, the charge for that meal shall,
    unless the price for the meal has been fixed by another Price Order
    or is the subject of a special price authorization by the Tribunal,
    be as nearly as possible the price authorized by this Order for an
    equivalent meal: Provided that no charge for a meal in excess
    of 1s. 9d. shall be made under the authority of this clause.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

11. No purveyor of meals to which this Order relates shall
    prescribe a minimum charge in respect of meals served on his
    premises if the minimum charge is in excess of the price fixed for
    any meal served by the purveyor.

12. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of this Order
    and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal,
    on application by any purveyor of meals, may authorize special
    prices in respect of meals (including extras) where, in its opinion,
    special circumstances so warrant. Any authority given by the
    Tribunal under this clause may apply to either a specified class of
    meals or may relate generally to all meals (including extras) provided
    by the purveyor while the approval remains in force. Where
    special prices have been approved under this section, the purveyor
    shall, at all times during the currency of the approval, cause the
    Tribunal's written authorization to be displayed in a prominent
    position in his restaurant where it may be readily inspected by
    customers.

SCHEDULE
Group A

Maximum
Prices.

Hot joints and cuts-
Mutton, with two or more vegetables .. .. 1 9
Beef, with two or more vegetables .. 1 9
Lamb, with two or more vegetables 1 9
Pork, with two or more vegetables .. .. 1 9
Corned beef, with two or more vegetables 1 9
Any other joint or cut, with two or more vegetables 1 9

Note.-Where a joint is ordered and less than two
vegetables are offered, then in such case the maximum
price fixed for the meal shall be reduced for every
vegetable less than two by 3d.

Authorized additional prices for extras in this Group-
Soup .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Sweets .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Milk, 10 oz. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Returns of milk, 10 oz. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
(Price of milk to be increased or decreased proportionately for quantities greater or less than 10 oz.)
Returns of tea, coffee, or cocoa .. .. .. .. 0 3

Group B

Note.-Except in the case of meals marked † at least two
vegetables must be supplied with all meals in this Group. Should
less than this number be supplied the maximum price fixed for the
meal shall be reduced for every vegetable less than two by 3d. :
Provided, however, that in the case of meals in this Group
marked † only potatoes (boiled or chips) need be supplied by way
of vegetables, and should potatoes not be supplied the maximum
price fixed for the meal shall be reduced by 3d.

Maximum
Prices.

(a) Fish (fried, steamed, baked, boiled, grilled, or smoked)- s. d.
†Flounder, butterfish, brill, blue cod, sole, or hapuku 2 9
†All other varieties .. .. .. .. 2 3
†Fish cakes, fried .. .. .. .. .. 1 9
†Fish pie, fish and oyster pie, or fish and tomato pie .. 2 0
†Fish, curried .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 9
†Tinned sardines, salmon, pilchard, or similar tinned
fish, crayfish or similar fish with or without salad 2 3
Extra : Oyster sauce .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Oysters (twelve or more)-
†Fried, curried, or stewed-
In the North Island .. .. .. .. 2 6
Elsewhere .. .. .. .. .. 2 3
†Uncooked, on shell, or otherwise-
In the North Island .. .. .. .. 2 0
Elsewhere .. .. .. .. .. 1 9

Note.-Where fewer than twelve oysters are
served the maximum price shall be reduced for every
oyster less than twelve by 1½d. (cooked) and 1d.
(uncooked).
†Whitebait, with sauce or batter .. .. .. 2 6

(b) Grills, with customary garnishings-
†Steak (beef), rump, fillet, porterhouse .. .. 2 3
†Steak (beef), any other cut .. .. .. 2 0
†Steak (veal), any cut .. .. .. .. 2 3
†Chops, mutton (two) .. .. .. .. 2 0
†Chops, lamb (three) .. .. .. .. 2 3
†Chops, pork (two) .. .. .. .. 2 3
†Cutlets, French (two) .. .. .. .. 2 0
†Cutlets, crumbed (two) .. .. .. .. 2 0
†All other cutlets (two) .. .. .. .. 2 0
†Pork fillets (two) .. .. .. .. 2 3
†Mixed grills of any description. (No additional
charge may be made for extras other than soup
and sweets) .. .. .. .. .. 2 9
(Where less than the specified number of chops or
cutlets is provided, the above prices are to be
reduced by 6d. per chop or cutlet, as the case may be.)

(c) Poultry-
Fried, braised, roasted, grilled, en casserole, or
boiled with customary garnishings (meat or
otherwise) .. .. .. .. .. 2 9
†Cold, with salad .. .. .. .. .. 2 9
Stewed, with or without curry, or served in any other
manner, not specifically mentioned in this
section .. .. .. .. .. 2 3