Price Order No. 1482 (Phosphatic Fertilizers)

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. 1482.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1458* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before
   the coming into force of this Order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) Subject to the next succeeding subclause, this Order applies with respect to phosphatic fertilizers of the following kinds
   manufactured or prepared in New Zealand and sold for use in New Zealand:
   (a) Superphosphate:
   (b) Serpentine superphosphate comprising 15 cwt. of superphosphate and 5 cwt. of ground serpentine rock per ton:
   (c) Superphosphate compound comprising 15 cwt. of superphosphate, 2 cwt. of ground serpentine rock or limestone, and 3 cwt. of finely
   ground Nauru or Ocean Island rock phosphate per ton:
   (d) Reverted superphosphate comprising 15 cwt. of superphosphate and 5 cwt. of carbonate of lime per ton:
   (e) Super Nauru compound comprising 15 cwt. of superphosphate and 5 cwt. of Nauru or Ocean Island rock phosphate per ton:
   (f) Finely ground Nauru or Ocean Island rock phosphate.
   (2) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to any phosphatic fertilizers sold in a quantity of less than one ton.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The prices for phosphatic fertilizers fixed by this Order are fixed in respect of sales of the following classes, namely:
   (a) Sales to a user—that is to say, to a person purchasing for his own use and not for the purpose of resale:
   (b) Sales to a storekeeper—that is to say, to a person (not being a merchant, dairy company, or farmer's organization as hereinafter
   mentioned), purchasing solely for resale to users:
   (c) Sales to a merchant—that is to say, to a person purchasing for resale to storekeepers or to users:
   (d) Sales to a dairy company, as defined in section 2 of the Dairy Industry Act 1908, purchasing solely for resale to persons being
   suppliers of milk or cream to the company:
   (e) Sales to an incorporated farmers' organization, having a retail department conducted on a co-operative basis, and purchasing
   phosphatic fertilizers solely for the purpose of resale to its members.
   (2) The prices for phosphatic fertilizers fixed by this Order are fixed in respect of sales for cash or for credit until a date not later than
   the 20th day of the month next following the month of delivery.
   (3) Where any sale is made on terms allowing credit for a longer period than that mentioned in the last preceding subclause, the
   purchaser shall be entitled, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the contract of sale, to the benefit of the prices fixed by this
   Order if in fact payment is made not later than the 20th day of the month next following the month of delivery.
   (4) The prices fixed by this Order include the price of the containers.
5. (1) Where any phosphatic fertilizers manufactured in the South Island are sold for delivery “ex works” or “free on rail” at
   Burnside, Hornby, or Ravensbourne, the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be the appropriate price specified in the
   First Schedule hereto.
   (2) Where any phosphatic fertilizers manufactured in the North Island are sold for delivery “ex works” or “free on rail” at
   Aramoho, Otahuhu, Smart Road (New Plymouth), Te Papapa, or Westfield, the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be
   the appropriate price specified in the Second Schedule hereto.
   (3) In the case of sales in bulk (i.e., not in containers of any kind) the prices fixed in the First or Second Schedule hereto, whichever
   is appropriate, shall be reduced by the sum of £1 ls. 6d. per ton in respect of each class of sale.
   (4) Where any phosphatic fertilizers are sold for delivery elsewhere than at one of the places mentioned in subclauses (1) and (2) of this
   clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be the appropriate price fixed in the First or Second Schedule hereto, which-
   ever is appropriate, increased by the amount of the freight charges between the place of manufacture and the place of delivery: Provided
   that the amount added to the price in respect of freight charges shall not in any case exceed the amount that would have been incurred
   had delivery been effected by the holder of a goods-service licence under the Transport Act 1949, at authorized rates: Provided also that
   where phosphatic fertilizer manufactured at Smart Road is sold for delivery at a place which is nearer or more convenient of access to
   Aramoho the freight charge shall not exceed that which would have been incurred had delivery been made from Aramoho to the place of
   delivery.
   (5) In every invoice, debit-note, or similar document issued by a vendor to a user in respect of the sale of any phosphatic fertilizer
   there shall be shown separately—
   (a) The price of the phosphatic fertilizers fixed in accordance with this Order; and
   (b) The additional amount (if any) payable by the purchaser in respect of freight charges.

FIRST SCHEDULE
FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES (CONTAINERS INCLUDED) FOR PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS MANUFACTURED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND AND SOLD AT
BURNSIDE, HORNBY, OR RAVENSBORNE

Maximum Price Per Ton for Cash or on Monthly Account.
(In Jute or Paper Containers.)

SECOND SCHEDULE
FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES (CONTAINERS INCLUDED) FOR PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS MANUFACTURED IN THE NORTH ISLAND AND SOLD AT
ARAMOHO, OTAHUHU, SMART ROAD (NEW PLYMOUTH), TE PAPAPA, OR WESTFIELD

Maximum Price Per Ton for Cash or on Monthly Account.
(In Jute or Paper Containers.)

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of March 1953.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
D. W. A. BARKER, Member.

• Gazette, 26 March 1953, Vol. I, page 517.