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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 64

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order the maximum price that may be charged by any person for any goods to which this Order applies (other than second-hand pianos) shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts :—
   (a) The landed cost of the goods :
   (b) The maximum percentage of the landed cost specified in the second column of the First Schedule hereto in relation to the goods :
   (c) The appropriate proportion of any transport costs incurred by the vendor in obtaining delivery of the goods to his premises :
   Provided that transport costs calculated under this paragraph shall not exceed the amount that would have been incurred had the goods been transported by the holder of a goods-service licence under the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, at authorized rates.

(2) Where any goods to which this Order applies (other than second-hand pianos) are sold by way of wholesale the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be the price fixed by subclause (1) hereof reduced as follows :—
In respect of pianos : By a discount of 25 per cent.
In respect of band and orchestral instruments (other than school percussion instruments) : By a discount of 25 per cent.
In respect of mouth organs, accordions, and piano accordions : By a discount of 30 per cent.
In respect of accessories and replacement parts : By a discount of 33⅓ per cent.

(3) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any person for any second-hand pianos to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the cost of the piano into the buyer’s store and the cost of repairs increased by an amount not exceeding 57½ per cent. of that sum.

(4) Where any goods to which this Order applies are sold by way of wholesale the vendor shall state separately in the relevant invoice the gross amount charged for the goods and the amount of the discount.

GENERAL

6. Every person 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 he requires, a return in respect of the goods in the form of 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 other 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 proposed to charge more for such goods as aforesaid.

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 vendor may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any goods to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the vendor. 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 vendor while the approval remains in force.

FIRST SCHEDULE
FIXING MAXIMUM PRICE OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

• The maximum retail price shall be the price fixed by subclause (3) of clause 5 of this Order.

SECOND SCHEDULE
P.C. Form 39.] 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 2nd day of November, 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.