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(5) Where the quantity of milk supplied at any one time is a lot
of a half-pint or less the price of each lot shall be computed separately
at the rate prescribed by this Order for a half-pint whether or not an
account is rendered to the purchaser of the milk and whether or not
the total quantity so supplied on any one day is one gallon or more.
(6) Subject to the proviso to subclause (4) of this clause if the
price computed in accordance with this Order for any lot of milk
supplied at any one time whether sold for cash or on credit is not an
exact number of pence or halfpence the price for the lot shall be
computed to the next upward halfpenny.
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 of any vendor of milk may authorize special
maximum prices in respect of any milk to which this Order applies
where special circumstances exist or 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 delivery of milk or may relate generally to all
milk delivered by the vendor while the approval remains in force.

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SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF MILK SOLD IN THE BRUNNER, GREYMOUTH,
HOKITIKA, ROSS, RUNANGA, TEKAPO, WAIHEKE ISLAND, OR
DIAMOND HARBOUR - TEDDINGTON - CHARTERIS BAY - CHURCH
BAY MILK PRICE DISTRICTS

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December, 1950.

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

[L.S.] P. B. MARSHALL, President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.

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Price Order No. 1204 (Milk (Main Order))

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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 :—

PRELIMINARY

1. THIS Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1204, and shall
   come into force on the 14th day of December, 1950.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1156*, 1157†, and 1158‡, 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. In this Order—

“Commercial user” means a person who buys milk for sale
for consumption on his premises (whether in the form
in which it is received by him or otherwise, and whether
separately or in combination with any other substance
or substances) and includes an institution under the
control of any Hospital Board or a separate institution
within the meaning of the Hospitals Act, 1926 :

“Consumer” means a person who buys milk for purposes
other than resale :

“Shop dairy” means a shop where milk is sold for consumption
or use off the premises and not otherwise and where the
milk so sold is sold in the form in which it was received
into the shop dairy.

• Gazette, 18th May, 1950, Vol. II, page 614.
  † Gazette, 18th May, 1950, Vol. II, page 614.
  ‡ Gazette, 18th May, 1950, Vol. II, page 615.

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APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to all milk wherever
   produced that is sold—

(a) To the occupier of any shop dairy at any place in New
Zealand except the milk price districts specified in
Price Order No. 1202 or Price Order No. 1203 :

(b) By the occupier of a shop dairy or by any other person
to a commercial user or to a consumer at any place
in New Zealand except the milk price districts specified
in Price Order No. 1202 or Price Order No. 1203.

FIXING PRICES OF MILK TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the
   maximum prices that may be charged or received for any milk
   to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out
   in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The prices fixed by this Order are fixed as for delivery as
follows :—

(a) In respect of milk sold by the occupier of a shop dairy :
As for delivery to the purchaser at the shop dairy :

(b) In respect of milk sold otherwise than at a shop dairy :
As for delivery at the premises of the purchaser.

(3) If any lot of milk to which this Order applies is supplied
at one time to a commercial user or a consumer otherwise than in
one of the quantities specified in the Schedule hereto in respect
of sales to those persons, the price of the milk shall be computed
at the rate prescribed for the specified quantity that is less than
and nearest to the quantity supplied irrespective of the number
or type of containers in which the milk is delivered :
Provided that if the quantity of milk supplied in any one lot
is less than the smallest specified quantity the price for the lot shall
be computed at the rate prescribed in the Schedule for the smallest
specified quantity.

(4) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding subclause,
where an account is rendered to any purchaser for milk supplied
to him during a period comprising more than one day the price
that may be charged for the milk to which the account relates shall
be computed separately for each lot supplied at a rate not exceeding
the appropriate rate fixed by this Order in respect of the quantity
supplied in each lot :
Provided that if the total quantity of milk supplied to any
one purchaser on any one day (exclusive of milk supplied at any
one time in a lot of a half-pint or less) is not less than one gallon
the maximum price that may be charged for the total quantity
shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of this Order
as if the milk supplied on that day had been supplied in one lot.

(5) Where the quantity of milk supplied at any one time is
a lot of a half-pint or less the price of each lot shall be computed
separately at the rate prescribed by this Order for a half-pint whether
or not the account is rendered to the purchaser of the milk and
whether or not the total quantity so supplied on any one day is
one gallon or more.

(6) Subject to the proviso to subclause (4) of this clause, if
the price computed in accordance with this Order for any lot of
milk supplied at any one time whether sold for cash or on credit
is not an exact number of pence or half-pence the price for the
lot shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

6. 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 of milk, may authorize
   special maximum prices in respect of any milk to which this Order
   applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extra-
   ordinary 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 delivery of milk or may relate generally
   to all milk delivered by the vendor, while the approval remains
   in force.

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SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF MILK TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES SOLD
TO SHOP DAIRIES, COMMERCIAL USERS, OR CONSUMERS

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of December, 1950.

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

[L.S.] P. B. MARSHALL, President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.