No. 49

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 4 JULY 1957

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 5 JULY 1957

Price Order No. 1709 (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. 1709, and shall come into force on the 8th day of July 1957.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1694* 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. 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†:
   “Northland District” means the district comprising the counties of Otamatea, Hobson, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Whangaroa, and Mangonui, including all cities, boroughs and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Hamilton District” means the district comprising the counties of Raglan, Piako, Otorohanga, Kawhia, Waikato, Matamata, Waitomo, and Waipa, including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Tauranga District” means the district comprising the counties of Hauraki Plain, Thames, Tauranga, Whakatane, Coromandel, Ohinemuri, and Rotorua, including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “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:
   “Westland District” means the district comprising the counties of Buller, Murchison, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland, including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Invercargill Egg Marketing Area” means the area so constituted under the Egg Marketing Authority Regulations 1953†:
   “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. This order applies with respect to all sales in New Zealand, whether wholesale or retail, of eggs of domestic fowls or ducks.

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 “Large Grade”, “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, “Pullet Grade”, or “Mixed” except that the grades and grading standards for eggs sold in the Invercargill Egg Marketing Area for the period ending the 30th day of September 1957 shall be (with the exception of those classified as “mixed”) those specified in the notice appearing at page 270 of the Gazette of 21 February 1957.
   (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 “Large 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 2½ oz. shall be classified as “Large”.
   (b) All eggs of a weight less than 2½ 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”.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

7. (1) The price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler (including a producer selling otherwise than by way of retail) for any eggs to which this order applies shall not exceed the appropriate maximum price specified in the First and Third Schedules hereto.