AUG. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1665 Price Order No. 1052 (Meat—Wholesale)

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. 1052, and shall come into force on the 8th day of August, 1949.
2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 961* and 1023t are hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before
   the coming into force of this Order.
3. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   " Abattoir district" means an abattoir district constituted in accordance with the Meat Act, 1939:
   " Frozen meat" means meat that has been held in a freezing chamber until the major portion of the liquid content of the meat
   has solidified;
   " The said specification" means the New Zealand Standard Specification (No. N.Z.S.S. 681) entitled "Grades of Meat for Sale
   on the Local Market and Definitions of Joints and Cuts," declared by the Minister of Industries and Commerce under the
   authority of section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941, to be a standard specification.
   (2) References in this Order to the kind, description, or grade of any meat shall be deemed respectively to be references to the kind,
   description, or grade of such meat within the meaning and for the purposes of the said specification.
   (3) All fresh meat killed in an abattoir district and sold or delivered to a purchaser during the currency of this Order shall be deemed,
   until the contrary is proved, to be meat of the grade indicated thereon by the distinctive grade marking made pursuant to the said specification.
   (4) All fresh meat killed elsewhere than in an abattoir district and sold or delivered to a purchaser during the currency of this Order
   shall be sold at the appropriate prices fixed for first-grade, second-grade, or third-grade meat that has been killed in an abattoir district
   according to whether the meat not killed in an abattoir district would have been graded first-grade, second-grade, or third-grade meat had
   it in fact been killed and graded in an abattoir district.
   Application of this Order
4. (1) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to sales of fresh meat during the month of August, 1949, or the months of
   September, October, and November in any year or to sales of live-stock.
   (2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all wholesale sales of meat (whether fresh or
   frozen) intended for human consumption and whether such meat is sold by the carcass or as broken meat.
   (3) All meat sold or delivered to a purchaser during the currency of this Order shall be deemed to be intended for human consumption
   unless it is sold for some other specific purpose.
   (4) The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.
   (5) The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any meat to which the Order applies is sold otherwise than by weight.
   Fixing Maximum Wholesale Prices of Meat to Which This Order Applies
5. (1) The maximum wholesale price of meat of the kinds and descriptions specified in the First Schedule hereto shall be the appropriate
   price prescribed in that Schedule.
   (2) The prices prescribed in the First Schedule hereto in respect of fresh meat shall apply during the respective periods indicated in
   the First and Second Schedules hereto.
   (3) The prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause with respect to frozen meat apply at all periods throughout any year.
   (4) The prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause with respect to lamb apply only with respect to lamb sold in the year
   following the year in which the lamb was born.
   (5) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this clause and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit,
   the Tribunal, on application by any wholesaler, may authorize special maximum wholesale prices in respect of any meat to which this Order
   applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler. Any
   authority given by the Tribunal under this subclause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of meat or may relate
   generally to all meat to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler while the approval remains in force.
   General Provisions With Respect to Maximum Wholesale Prices
6. (1) The maximum wholesale prices fixed as aforesaid are fixed in respect of sales, whether for cash or otherwise, of meat delivered
   at the wholesaler's depot that is nearest to the place in which the retailer's premises are situate.
   (2) Where delivery is effected to the retailer's premises the appropriate maximum wholesale price may be increased at the rate of 1s.
   for each 100 lb. weight of meat so delivered : Provided, however, that no increase shall apply with respect to offals.
   (3) If in respect of any lot of meat the maximum price calculated in accordance with the 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 next upward halfpenny.
   (4) The respective wholesale prices for carcass meat (other than pork carcasses) are fixed in respect of whole carcasses or side carcasses
   (as the case may be) inclusive of kidneys, as sold " on the hook " in conformity with customary trade practice in the butchery trade.
   (5) Where any wholesaler sells any joint or cut of meat which is not in accordance with any one definition in the said specification
   because it comprises less than the total meat included in any one definition or comprises meat included in more than one definition, the
   maximum wholesale price per pound of such joint or cut shall be computed on the basis that the joint or cut comprises the kind, description,
   and grade of meat included in the definition of which the joint or cut forms part or to which the greater part of such joint or cut conforms.
   FIRST SCHEDULE
   Maximum Wholesale Prices of Meat to Which This Order Applies
   First Grade
   Beef
   Ox and heifer (including specially selected
   young cows of first-grade quality)
   Not exceeding 720 lb.
   Over 720 lb. but not over 800 lb.
   Over 800 lb. but not over 900 lb.
   Over 900 lb.
   Mutton
   Wethers and maiden ewes
   48 lb. and under
   Over 48 lb. but not over 56 lb.
   Over 56 lb. but not over 64 lb.
   Over 64 lb. but not over 72 lb.
   Over 72 lb.
   Hogget
   All weights
   Veal
   150 lb. and under
   Over 150 lb. but not over 200 lb.
   Over 200 lb.
   Pork
   Heads on (carcass not over 120 lb.)
   Headless sides (ex carcass not over
   120 lb.)
   Lamb
   All weights
   Carcass Weight.
   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
   52 6 55 6 58 6 61 6 56 9
   51 6 54 6 57 6 60 6
   50 6 53 6 56 6 59 6
   48 6 51 6 54 6 57 6
   0 8 0 81/2 0 81/2 ... ... 0 81/2
   0 77/8 0 81/4 0 85/8 ... ... 0 83/8
   0 71/2 0 77/8 0 81/4 ... ... 0 8
   0 7 0 73/8 0 71/4 ... ... 0 71/2
   0 63/4 0 71/8 0 71/2 ... ... 0 71/4
   0 83/4 0 91/8 0 91/2 ... ... 0 91/4
   0 63/4 0 63/4 0 71/2 0 71/2 0 67/8
   0 57/8 0 61/4 0 65/8 0 7 0 63/8
   0 53/8 0 53/4 0 63/8 0 61/2 0 57/8
   0 107/8 0 111/4 0 115/8 ... ... 0 113/8
   0 117/8 1 01/4 1 05/8 ... ... 1 03/8
   0 101/4 0 105/8 0 11 ... ... 0 103/4

• Gazette, 13th January, 1949, Vol. I, page 13. † Gazette, 30th June, 1949, Vol. II, page 1437.