Price Order No. 1705 (Australian Wheat)

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. 1705, and shall come into force on the 14th day of June 1957.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1527,*, 1532†, 1564‡, and 1685§ 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:

“Bulk”, in relation to wheat, means wheat that is sold otherwise than in sacks.

“Wheat Committee”, means the Wheat Committee established pursuant to the Board of Trade (Wheat and Flour) Regulations 1944.

“Distributor”, in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from the Wheat Committee for the purpose of resale.

“Distributor’s port” means the port at which the Wheat Committee customarily invoices the wheat to the distributor on the basis of c.i.f.

“Retailer”, in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a distributor.

The expression “c.i.f.” means “cost, insurance, and freight”.

4. The provisions of this order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

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

6. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.

7. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. This order applies with respect to all Australian wheat sold in the North Island of New Zealand or the Land Districts of Marlborough or Nelson (excluding the Buller, Inangahua, and Murchison Counties) for other than milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wheat Committee’s Prices

9. (1) The maximum price (sacks extra) that may be charged or received by the Wheat Committee for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in sacks to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be determined as follows:

Where the Distributor’s
Port is—
Maximum Price
Per Bushel
Auckland
Napier

New Plymouth
Wellington

14 4
14 5

Maximum Price
Per Bushel
14 5
13 11

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by the Wheat Committee for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in bulk to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be the appropriate price fixed by subclause (1) hereof reduced by 5½d. per bushel.

Distributors’ Prices

10. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in sacks shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery.
(b) The amount of any wharfage and transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises; Provided that transport cost shall not be more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been affected at common carrier rates.
(c) With respect to wheat transported inland by rail, an amount not exceeding 1 per cent of the sum of the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof (to cover the estimated loss due to shrinkage or other causes).
(d) The amount of any storage, handling, or additional shrinkage costs actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 7¼d. per bushel.
(e) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:

(i) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more: 7d. per bushel.
(ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ ton or more but less than 1 ton: 8d. per bushel.
(iii) For wheat sold in lots of two sacks or more but less than ½ ton: 10d. per bushel.
(iv) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than two sacks: 1s. per bushel.
(v) For wheat sold in lots of ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 6d. per bushel.
(vi) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel: 2s. 3d. per bushel.

Provided that where a distributor sells any wheat to which this order applies on the basis of sacks included the amount fixed in each of subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of paragraph (e) hereof may be increased by 4½d. per bushel.

Provided, further, that with respect to wheat sold in lots of one sack or more the maximum price shall not exceed the appropriate price set out hereunder for sales made on the basis of sacks included or the appropriate price set out hereunder reduced by 4½d. per bushel for sales made on the basis of sacks extra.

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in bulk shall be the appropriate price set out in the table to subclause (1) hereof reduced by 10d. per bushel.