Pursuant 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. 1551, and shall come into force on the 7th day of May 1954.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1489* 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. This Order applies with respect to all new tires and new tubes manufactured in New Zealand of the kind described in the Schedule hereto.

Fixing Maximum Wholesale and Retail Prices of Goods to Which This Order Applies

Wholesalers' Prices
4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Order the maximum price that may be charged or received at any place in New Zealand by any wholesaler for any tires or tubes to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price specified in the Schedule hereto.
(2) The maximum wholesale prices specified in the said Schedule shall be reduced by a discount equal to 5 per cent thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which delivery is made by the wholesaler.
(3) The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are exclusive of sales tax.

Fixing Special Prices for Sales to Local Authorities
5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by any person for any tires or tubes sold to a local authority shall be the appropriate wholesale price (including discount) specified in the Schedule hereto increased by an amount equal to:
(a) 23·125 per cent in the case of car and motor-cycle tires;
(b) 21·5 per cent in the case of truck and bus tires; and
(c) 24·25 per cent in the case of tubes.
(2) The maximum price fixed in the preceding subclause is inclusive of sales-tax and is not subject to any discount.

Retailers' Prices
6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received at any place in New Zealand by a retailer for any tires or tubes to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price specified in the Schedule hereto.
(2) With respect to tires the maximum prices specified in the said Schedule shall be reduced by the amount of the discount specified in the Schedule where payment is made in cash, or on or before the 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which delivery is made by the retailer.
(3) With respect to tubes the maximum prices specified in the said Schedule are not subject to any discount.
(4) With respect to car tires the maximum prices fixed as aforesaid are inclusive of the cost of fitting the tires.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED
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 wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special prices in respect of any tires or tubes to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of tires or tubes or may relate generally to all tires or tubes to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE
Maximum Wholesale and Retail Prices of Goods to Which This Order Applies
Car and Motor Cycle Tires

• Gazette, 27 August, 1958, Vol. II, page 1428.