No. 44
1103

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
New Zealand Gazette
OF
THURSDAY, 7 JULY 1955

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, 8 JULY 1955

Price Order No. 1615 (Eggs)

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. 1615, and shall come into force on the 11th day of July 1955.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1578,* 1586†, 1595‡, 1599§, 1602∥, and 1606¶ 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.

3. In this Order—

The expressions “Nelson Egg Marketing Area” and “Wellington Egg Marketing Area” mean respectively, the area so constituted under the Egg Marketing Authority Regulations 1953**;

“Blenheim District” means the district within a radius of ten miles from the post-office at Blenheim:

“Picton District” means the district within a radius of ten miles from the post-office at Picton:

“Cartoned eggs” means eggs which are packed and supplied by a wholesaler to a retailer and sold by a retailer to a consumer packed in a divisible “Safety” egg carton or in a “Unibox” carton.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all sales, whether wholesale or retail, of eggs of domestic fowls or ducks.

(2) This Order shall not apply with respect to the sale of eggs within the South Island excepting the Nelson Egg Marketing Area, the Blenheim District, and the Picton District or to the sale of eggs which the vendor proves were sold for the purposes of hatching.

• Gazette, 26 November 1954, Vol. III, page 1949.
  † Gazette, 21 January 1955, Vol. I, page 53.
  ‡ Gazette, 11 February 1955, Vol. I, page 225.
  § Gazette, 4 March 1955, Vol. I, page 355.
  ∥ Gazette, 6 April 1955, Vol. I, page 644.
  ¶ Gazette, 22 April 1955, Vol. I, page 703.
  ** Statutory Regulations 1953, Serial number 1953/156, page 740.

CLASSIFICATION OF EGGS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER

Hen Eggs

5. (1) For the purposes of this Order every lot of hen eggs sold by a producer, or wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as “Heavy Grade”, “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, “Pullet Grade”, or “Mixed”.

(2) With respect to hen eggs that have been graded in accordance with the Egg Marketing Authority Regulations 1953,** the classification of such eggs for the purposes of this Order shall correspond to the grading under those regulations.

(3) With respect to hen eggs that have not been graded in accordance with the said regulations, the following special provisions shall apply:

(a) Any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale may be classified for the purposes of this Order as “Heavy Grade”, “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, or “Pullet Grade” as the case may be if all the eggs in the lot would be of the corresponding grade if they had been graded under the said regulations.

(b) Any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale consisting of eggs which, if graded under the said regulations, would be graded in more than one grade shall be classified for the purposes of this Order as “Mixed Eggs”: Provided that if the average weight of the eggs in the lot is less than 2 oz. the lot shall be classified as “Pullet Grade” eggs.

Duck Eggs

6. (1) For the purposes of this Order, every lot of duck eggs sold by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as “Large”, “Small”, or “Mixed”.

(2) With respect to the classification of duck eggs—

(a) All eggs of a weight not less than 2⅜ oz. shall be classified as “Large”.

(b) All eggs of a weight less than 2⅜ oz. shall be classified as “Small”.

(c) If any lot of eggs comprises some eggs classifiable as “Large” and some classifiable as “Small” all the eggs in the lot shall be classified as “Mixed”.