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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 4

Price Order No. 1591 (Honey)

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

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1591, and shall come into force on the 28th day of January, 1955.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1381* 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.

3. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

"The said Act" means the Control of Prices Act 1947:

"Honey in the comb" means either—

(a) Honey sold in standard sections; or

(b) Cut comb honey—that is, honey containing no visible traces of stored pollen or other impurities stored in clean new combs that have not been used at any time for brood-rearing purposes:

"Packer" means a wholesaler who sells to another wholesaler honey packed in retail containers, and includes a producer who sells to a wholesaler honey packed in retail containers as aforesaid:

"Producer" means a beekeeper whose apiary is registered pursuant to the Apiaries Act 1927:

"Retail container" means a jar, carton, or tin supplied by the vendor of the honey and containing not more than 10 lb. net weight of honey:

"Standard case" means a case or other outer container containing in the aggregate approximately 60 lb. of honey packed in retail containers:

"Wholesale free delivery area" means any area within which any wholesaler normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said Act when used in this Order have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that Act, unless the context otherwise requires.

4. For the purpose of this Order, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said Act, any person who sells by retail to any one purchaser for delivery at any one time not less than two standard case lots of honey shall, in respect of the sale, be deemed to be a wholesaler, and the provisions of this Order as to maximum wholesale prices shall apply accordingly with respect to every such sale.

5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD IN RETAIL CONTAINERS

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received for honey packed in retail containers of the kinds described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be the appropriate price fixed in the second, third, or fourth column of that Schedule.

(2) Where the quantity of honey sold by a packer to a wholesaler or to a retailer in any one transaction is six standard case lots or more the cost involved in effecting delivery to the port (where carriage by sea is entailed) or railway station (where carriage by sea is not entailed) that is nearest or most convenient of access to the wholesaler's or to the retailer's place of business shall be borne by the packer.

(3) The maximum prices fixed in the fourth column of the Schedule hereto are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any source whatever.

(4) Where supplies of honey are delivered to a retailer (other than a retailer situate within a wholesale free delivery area) otherwise than free of freight charges as aforesaid the price that may be charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery: Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause, shall not in any case exceed 4d. per pound.

(5) The several prices fixed by this clause include the price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD OTHERWISE THAN IN RETAIL CONTAINERS OF A KIND DESCRIBED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO

7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of clauses 8, 9, and 10 hereof, the maximum prices that may be charged or received for honey sold otherwise than in retail containers of a kind described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be determined as follows:

Maximum Price
Per Pound
At the Rate of
s. d.

(a) For honey, out and wrapped

.. .. 1 5½

(b) For other honey—

(i) Sold by a producer to a consumer—

(a) In lots of 60 lb. or less

.. .. 1 2½

(b) In lots of over 60 lb.

.. .. 1 1½

(ii) Sold by a producer to a packer, wholesaler, or retailer

.. .. 1 1½

(iii) Sold by any person whomsoever to a wholesaler

.. .. 1 1½

(iv) Sold by a wholesaler (not including a producer) to a retailer

.. .. 1 2½

(v) Sold by a retailer

.. .. 1 4½

(2) The maximum retail prices fixed by the last preceding subclause are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any source whatever.

(3) Where supplies of honey are delivered to the retailer otherwise than free of freight charges as aforesaid, the price that may be charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery: Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause, shall not in any case exceed 4d. per pound.

(4) The several prices fixed by this clause include the price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF HONEY SOLD IN THE COMB

8. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause and subject to the provisions of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for honey sold in the comb shall be 1s. 11½d. per pound or per standard section: Provided that where the gross weight of any standard section of honey in the comb is less than 14 oz. that section shall be sold at the rate of 1s. 11½d. per pound.

GENERAL

9. If in respect of any honey the retail price charged in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the next upward halfpenny.

10. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any person concerned, may authorize special prices or margins of profit in respect of any honey to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by any producer, packer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of honey or may relate generally to all honey to which this Order applies sold while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF HONEY PACKED IN RETAIL CONTAINERS

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of January 1955.

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

[L.S.]

G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.

H. PEARCE, Member.

• Gazette, 5 June 1952, Vol. II, page 977.