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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 87

“FOURTH SCHEDULE
“FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES THAT MAY BE CHARGED BY A RETAIL
STOREKEEPER (SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 7)

When Sold at Auckland, Christchurch,
Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth,
Hastings, Invercargill, Napier,
Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru,
Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, and
Westport : At the Rate of—

Per Pound.
Raw sugar .. .. 8½d.
Brewers’ crystals .. .. 8½d.
Caster .. .. 9½d.
No. 1 .. .. 8½d.
No. 1a .. .. 8½d.
No. 2 .. .. 8½d.
No. 3 .. .. 8½d.
Any other sugar except No 1. XD,
boil out, or invert sugar 8½d.”

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of November 1951.

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

[L.S.] G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
D. W. A. BARKER, Member.

Price Order No. 1320 (Rotorua Private-Hotel Tariffs)

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. 1320, and shall
   come into force on the 26th day of November 1951.

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

“Accommodation” means the provision of lodging or meals
at hotels, and includes the provision of services of the
kind normally rendered to guests in hotels of the grade
concerned :

“Guest” means a person who, pursuant to an agreement
with the proprietor to accept and pay for lodging at an
hotel, is occupying a bedroom in that hotel, but does
not include any person who occupies a room in an hotel
in accordance with a contract of service with the
proprietor. Until a bedroom is vacated it shall be deemed
to be occupied, and a bedroom shall not be deemed to
be vacated until the proprietor or his agent is notified
by the guest to that effect :

“Hotel” means premises customarily known as private hotels,
and includes guesthouses and accommodation-houses,
but does not include any premises in respect of which a
licence under the Licensing Act 1908, has been granted
or any premises not for the time being referred to in the
Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies to charges that may be made in respect
   of accommodation provided at any hotel whether that accommodation
   is provided to guests or to persons who are not guests.

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order each hotel shall
   be assigned one of the following grades:—

AA. BB. CC. DD.
A. B. C. D.

(2) The grade assigned to an hotel shall be the grade specified
in the Schedule hereto in respect of that hotel.

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order the maximum
   charge that may be made or received for accommodation in an
   hotel shall, according to the grade of the hotel, be at the rate per
   day specified hereunder :—

AA .. 33 6 | CC .. 23 0
A .. 30 6 | C .. 22 0
BB .. 28 0 | DD .. 21 0
B .. 25 6 | D .. 20 0

(2) The maximum charge that may be made for any separate
item of accommodation shall, according to the grade of the hotel,
be the appropriate charge specified hereunder :—

Items of Accommodation.

Grade of Hotel. | Bedroom, | Breakfast. | Dinner. | Lunch.
| (Each Person, | | |
| Per Day). | | |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d.
AA .. | 15 6 | 5 0 | 7 6 | 5 6
A .. | 14 6 | 4 6 | 6 6 | 5 0
BB .. | 13 6 | 4 0 | 6 0 | 4 6
B .. | 12 6 | 3 6 | 5 6 | 4 0
CC .. | 11 6 | 3 0 | 5 0 | 3 6
C .. | 10 6 | 3 0 | 5 0 | 3 6
DD .. | 9 6 | 3 0 | 5 0 | 3 6
D .. | 9 0 | 3 0 | 4 6 | 3 6

(3) Where any meal referred to in subclause (2) hereof is served
in an hotel to any person who is not a guest, or who has not agreed
to become a guest of the hotel, the proprietor may charge that
person for any such meal an amount not exceeding 1s. in the case of
a dinner or 6d. in the case of a breakfast or lunch in excess of the
amount authorized by the said subclause (2) to be charged for the
meal.

(4) Unless an agreement to the contrary is made between the
proprietor of an hotel and a guest at the hotel the charges specified
in subclause (2) hereof may be made for each of the items of accom-
modation prescribed in that subclause that are available to the
guest, notwithstanding that he may not have availed himself of
any such accommodation.

(5) Where a guest occupies a bedroom after 10 a.m. on any
day but vacates the bedroom before 7 p.m. on that day, he may
be charged half the amount prescribed in subclause (2) hereof as
the daily charge for a bedroom if he vacates the room before 2.30 p.m.
on that day, and three-quarters of the amount so prescribed if he
vacates the room before 7 p.m. on that day. A bedroom occupied
at any time after 7 p.m. on one day and before 10 a.m. on the
following day may be charged for at the full daily rate so prescribed.

(6) Where tea, cocoa, or coffee is served with any meal or
immediately after any meal, no additional charge shall be made
therefor, and no additional charge shall be made for early morning
tea, morning tea, afternoon tea, or supper.

(7) For the purposes of this clause the term “dinner” means
the chief meal of the day whenever served, and the term “lunch”
includes a meal served in the evening if dinner has been served
d earlier in the day.

(8) The charges authorized by this clause are subject to the
modifications in respect of charges for bedrooms indicated in the
Schedule to this Order.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES

6. (1) In addition to the charges hereinbefore authorized the
   charges specified in this clause may be made in accordance with
   the terms thereof.

(a) Bathroom :—

(i) Where a bathroom is provided for the exclusive
use of the occupant or occupants of one bedroom or for
the exclusive use of the occupants of two bedrooms, a
charge not exceeding 5s. per day or part thereof (to be
equally apportioned among the persons to whom the
bathroom is available) may be made therefor :

(ii) In no other case shall an additional charge be
made with respect to a bathroom.

(b) Shower-room :—

(i) Where a shower-room is provided for the
exclusive use of the occupant or occupants of one
bedroom or for the exclusive use of the occupants of
two bedrooms, a charge not exceeding 2s. 6d. per day
or part thereof (to be equally apportioned among the
persons to whom the shower-room is available) may
be made therefore :

(ii) In no other case shall an additional charge be
made with respect to a shower-room, and in no case
may any person be charged for both a bathroom and
a shower-room :

(c) Meals Served in Bedroom.—Where any meal, other than
early morning tea, is served in a bedroom a charge
not exceeding 1s. may be made for each such meal :

(d) One-night Surcharge.—Where a bedroom is occupied for
only one night a charge not exceeding 2s. per guest
may be made :

(e) One Person in Double Room.—Where at the request of a
guest that guest is the sole occupant of a double bed-
room the charge for that room may be twice the appro-
priate charge for a bedroom authorized by subclause (2)
of clause 5 hereof :

(2) Except as provided in this Order no charge for any services
rendered or accommodation supplied at an hotel shall be made
unless the Tribunal has previously approved of the charge or unless
an agreement is made between the proprietor of the hotel and the
person to be charged for payment of special charges for services
additional to those customarily rendered at the hotel.

CHARGES FOR CHILDREN

7. The charges fixed by the foregoing provisions of this Order
   are fixed with respect to adults and children not less than six years
   of age. The maximum charges that may be made with respect
   to children under six years of age shall be half of the charge fixed
   for adults.

8. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of
   this Order, the Tribunal, on application by the proprietor of any
   hotel in the Town of Rotorua or on its own initiative, may regrade
   any hotel to a higher or lower grade or may assign a grade to any
   hotel that has not been graded and, upon the grade of any hotel
   being altered pursuant to this clause, this Order shall be read and
   construed as if the name of the hotel were included in the Schedule
   hereto and the altered grade specified therein in respect of the
   hotel.

9. 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 proprietor may authorize
   special maximum prices in respect of any services to which this
   Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason
   extraordinary charges are incurred by the proprietor. Any
   authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with
   respect to a particular service or may relate generally to all services
   to which this Order applies rendered by the proprietor while the
   approval remains in force.