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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 44

Price Order No. 1046 (Office Equipment)

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 :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1046, and shall come into force on the 1st day of August, 1949.

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

   “ Landed cost ” in relation to any goods, means the actual price paid or payable for the goods by the importer thereof, increased by the amount of any landing costs incurred by the importer in respect of the goods :

   “ Landing costs ” in relation to any goods, means the cost incurred by the importer incidental to the importing of the goods from the country of origin into store at the port of entry in New Zealand, and includes any sales tax payable by the importer in respect of the goods at the port of entry :

   “ Factory selling-price ” in relation to any goods means the maximum price approved pursuant to section 16 of the Control of Prices Act, 1947, at which the manufacturer thereof may sell the goods.

   (2) No costs shall be deemed to be landing costs within the meaning of this Order unless the method of assessment of the costs has been previously approved in that behalf by the Director of Price Control.

   (3) With respect to filing cabinets no costs incurred in the assembly thereof in New Zealand shall be deemed to be landed costs and no charge shall be made therefor.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to the goods specified in the Schedule hereto whether imported into New Zealand or manufactured in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. Subject to the provisions of this Order the maximum price that may be charged or received by a retailer at any place in New Zealand for any goods to which this Order applies shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts :—

   (a) The factory selling-price of the goods, or where there is no such price, the landed cost of the goods :

   (b) The appropriate maximum percentage of the amount specified in paragraph (a) hereof, set out in the First Schedule hereto in relation to the goods.

5. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal on application by any retailer may authorize special maximum retail prices in respect of any goods to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of goods or may relate generally to all goods to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

GENERAL

6. Every person, whether a wholesaler or retailer, who imports any goods to which this Order applies, shall, on receipt of the goods, forward to the Director of Price Control in such manner as the Director requires, a return in respect of the goods in the form in the Second Schedule hereto : Provided that where an importer has furnished a return under this clause in respect of any goods he shall not be obliged, unless specially requested to do so by the Director, to furnish a return in respect of other goods of the same kind unless—

   (a) The landed cost of the goods is less than the landed cost of the goods to which the return already made relates ; or

   (b) The landed cost of the other goods is more than the landed cost of the goods to which the return already made relates and the importer proposes to charge more for such other goods.

FIRST SCHEDULE

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

P.C. Form 39.] SECOND SCHEDULE P.C. File No.__

PRICE CONTROL DIVISION

The Officer in Charge, Price Control Division, _____

NOTIFICATION OF LANDED COST PRICES INTO STORE UNDER AUTOMATIC PROCEDURE

Importer’s name : _____

Postal address : _____

Overseas supplier (a) manufacturer : Country of origin :
(b) buying house : _____

I/We certify that all details and information set out on this notification are true and correct and that the landed costs shown include only such costs as have been approved by the Price Control Division.

Signature of Importer : Date :

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of July, 1949.

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

[L.S.]

W. J. Hunter (Judge), President.
P. N. Holloway, Member.