11 MARCH]

Price Order No. 1535 (Retail Groceries and Other Goods)

P URSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal
hereby makes the following Price Order:

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1535.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 12th day of March

4. (1) Price Orders Nos. 921†, 947‡, 951§, 1045||, and 1515¶
   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.

4. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,
   “Bulk container”, in relation to any lot of goods to which
   this Order applies means the container in which the
   lot was received by the wholesaler:
   “Prevailing wholesale price”, in relation to any goods to
   which this Order applies, means the price authorized
   at the time of purchase by the retailer pursuant to
   the Control of Prices Act 1947, to be charged for the
   goods to a retailer by a wholesaler nearest or most
   convenient of access to that retailer increased by the
   amount of any sales tax that may be payable by the
   retailer in respect of the goods and decreased by the
   amount of any discount customarily allowed by the
   wholesaler for payment on or before a specified date
   and decreased further by the amount charged by the
   wholesaler in respect of containers in which the goods
   are packed.

(2) The prevailing wholesale price shall be calculated in respect
of such quantity of goods as is indicated in the second column of
the Schedule hereto:

Provided that if any goods indicated in the Schedule hereto
as goods to which this proviso relates are, with the authority of
the Price Tribunal, sold by a wholesaler to a retailer at a price
higher than that authorized to be charged by the wholesaler for
the quantity specified in the second column of the Schedule hereto
in relation to those goods, the prevailing wholesale price may, in
such cases but in no others, be calculated on the basis of the price
actually paid to the wholesaler by the retailer concerned.

(3) In calculating the prevailing wholesale price of any goods,
discount shall be deducted if the retailer has at any time a right to
deduct discount in respect of the goods, whether or not he takes
advantage of the right.

(4) Where any goods are manufactured by a retailer and sold
by him as a retailer the prevailing wholesale price in such case shall
be calculated on the basis of the price authorized by the Price
Tribunal to be charged by that person to other retailers for sales
by way of wholesale.

5. This Order applies with respect only to the goods specified
   in the first column of the Schedule hereto.

6. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order the maximum
   price that may be charged or received by a retailer for any goods
   to which this Order applies shall not exceed the sum of the following
   amounts:

(a) The prevailing wholesale price:
(b) The maximum percentage of the prevailing wholesale price
specified in relation to those goods in the Schedule
hereto:
(c) The appropriate proportion of transport costs payable by
the retailer in respect of the goods:

Provided that nothing in this Order shall authorize
the addition of transport costs in excess of those that
would have been incurred had the goods been purchased
from a wholesaler nearest or most convenient of access
to the retailer and transported by a common carrier at
current freight rates.

(2) If in respect of any lot of goods sold by a retailer the
maximum price specified in the Schedule hereto in relation to those
goods calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
clause is not an exact number of half-pence, the maximum price of
the lot shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

(3) The retail price of any goods computed in accordance with
this clause shall be calculated by reference to the quantities and
weights disclosed in the appropriate invoices.

7. 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 retailer, may authorize special
   maximum prices in respect of any goods to which this Order applies.
   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 or any goods to which this Order applies sold by the
   retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

Names of commodities marked in the above Schedule with an asterisk (*) are so indicated in terms of the proviso to clause 4 (2) of the Order.

† Gazette, 26 August 1948, Vol. II, page 1074.
‡ Gazette, 4 November 1948, Vol. III, page 1355.
§ Gazette, 25 November 1948, Vol. III, page 1440.
∥ Gazette, 28 July 1949, Vol. II, page 1612.
¶ Gazette, 7 January 1954, Vol. I, page 54.