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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 42

Price Order No. 1165 (General Price Adjustment)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce hereby makes the following Price Order:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1165 and shall come into force on the 29th day of June, 1950.

2. Price Order No. 1155* is hereby revoked.

3. (1) Nothing in this clause shall apply to any Price Order or approval under section 16 of the Control of Prices Act, 1947, referred to in the Schedule to this Order.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order every Price Order or approval under section 16 of the Control of Prices Act, 1947, in force on the 16th day of May, 1950 (being the date on which Price Order No. 1155 came into force), shall be read and construed as if the actual or maximum price or the authorized selling price at which, pursuant to any such Price Order or approval, the goods referred to therein were, on the 15th day of May, 1950, authorized to be sold had been increased by:—

(a) The actual amount by which the cost of the goods to the vendor has been increased by or as the result of the removal or reduction since the 5th day of May, 1950, of subsidies on any of the ingredients used in the manufacture of the goods; and

(b) The actual amount by which the cost of the goods to the vendor has been increased by or as the result of any increase since the 14th day of May, 1950, of freight charges approved by the Price Tribunal, or fixed pursuant to Part VI of the Transport Act, 1949, or pursuant to section 33 of the Government Railways Act, 1949, and payable in respect of the carriage of the goods within New Zealand; and

(c) The actual amount by which the cost of the goods to the vendor or any cost incurred in the sale thereof by him has been increased by or as the result of any increase in rates of remuneration payable pursuant to the Interim General Order made by the Court of Arbitration on the 10th day of June, 1950.

(3) Every person who sells or proposes to sell any goods that are the subject of any Price Order or approval to which this clause applies for an amount in excess of that authorized, pursuant to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, to be charged for the goods on the 15th day of May, 1950, shall, if the excess price includes any increased costs referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of subclause (2) hereof, forward immediately to the Director of Price Control a return showing—

(a) The amount he has charged or proposes to charge for the goods; and

(b) The amount of any such charge represented by any increased costs referred to in the said paragraphs, (a), (b) or (c). The respective amounts of any such increased costs shall be shown separately.

4. (1) Every Price Order and approval referred to in Part II of the Schedule hereto shall be read and construed as if the actual or maximum price or the authorized selling price at which, pursuant to any such Price Order or approval, the goods referred to therein were on the 15th day of May, 1950, authorized to be sold, had been increased by:—

(a) The actual amount by which the cost of the goods to the vendor has been increased by or as the result of the reduction or removal since the 5th day of May, 1950, of subsidies on any of the ingredients used in the manufacture of the goods; and

(b) The actual amount by which the cost of the goods to the vendor has been increased by or as the result of any increase, since the 14th day of May, 1950, of freight charges approval by the Price Tribunal, or fixed pursuant to Part VI of the Transport Act, 1949, or pursuant to section 33, of the Government Railways Act, 1949, and payable in respect of the carriage of the goods within New Zealand.

(2) Every person who sells or proposes to sell any goods that are the subject of any Price Order or approval to which this clause applies for an amount in excess of that authorized, pursuant to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, to be charged for the goods on the 15th day of May, 1950, shall if the excess price includes any increased costs referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subclause (1) hereof, forward immediately to the Director of Price Control a return showing:—

(a) The amount he has charged or proposes to charge for the goods; and

(b) The amount of any such charge represented by any increased costs referred to in the said paragraphs (a) or (b). The respective amount of any such increased costs shall be shown separately.

5. Nothing in this Order or in any Price Order or approval shall be deemed to authorize the charging for any goods of an amount greater than the sum of the amount which, on the 15th day of May, 1950, the vendor was authorized, pursuant to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, to charge for the goods and any additional costs incurred by the vendor in respect of which an increase of price is authorized by this Order.

6. Where the price of any goods computed in accordance with the provisions of this Order is not an exact number of halfpence it may be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

7. The foregoing provisions of this order shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to any charge that may be made for services.

8. Where any return has been made pursuant to clause 3 or clause 4 hereof in respect of any goods or services it shall not be necessary to make any further return in respect of the same kind of goods or services unless a charge greater than that shown in the return is made or is proposed to be made in respect of the goods or services.

SCHEDULE
PART I
Price Orders and Approvals Completely Excluded from the Provisions of this Order

• Gazette, 16th May, 1950, Vol. II, page 575.