No. 32

713

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 28 MAY 1959

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 29 MAY 1959

The Control of Prices (Positive List) Notice 1957,
Amendment No. 17

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Minister of Industries and Commerce hereby gives the following notice:

1. This notice may be cited as the Control of Prices (Positive List) Notice 1957, Amendment No. 17, and shall be read together with and deemed to be part of the Control of Prices (Positive List) Notice 1957* (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).
2. The notice shall come into force on the 30th day of May 1959.
3. The principal notice shall cease to apply in respect of the goods set out in the Schedule hereto.
4. The principal notice is hereby consequentially amended by omitting from the Schedule thereto all references to the goods referred to in the Schedule hereto in respect of which, pursuant to clause 3 thereof, the principal notice no longer applies.

SCHEDULE

INTOXICATING liquor, within the meaning of the Licensing Act 1908, when served to the purchaser in a lounge or dining room by the licensee or his servant and not directly to the purchaser over a counter.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 1959.

P. N. HOLLOWAY,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Gazette, 14 March 1957, Vol. I, p. 478

Price Order No. 1777 (Spirits and Beer)

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. 1777, and shall come into force on the 30th day of May 1959.
2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1745* and 1760† are 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,—
   “Beer” includes ale, beer, stout, porter, and all other malt liquors in respect of which beer duty in accordance with Part III of the Finance Act 1915 is payable:
   “Branded container” means a container indelibly branded in such a manner as to indicate clearly the capacity of the container.

“Licensing Trust” means any licensing trust now or hereafter established under any Act:
“Original bottle”, in relation to any sale, means any bottle filled in accordance with customary trade practice and to its normal capacity prior to and not for the purpose of that sale:
“Ounce” means fluid ounce as defined in the Weights and Measures Proclamation 1946‡:
“Spirits” means whisky, rum, brandy, or gin:
“Standard measure” means five-eighths of an ounce.
(2) Terms and expressions defined in the Licensing Act 1908, when used in this order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that Act.
(3) For the purposes of this order a Licensing Trust shall be deemed to be the holder of a publican’s licence, and any premises maintained by a Licensing Trust in which liquor is sold or supplied shall be deemed to be licensed premises, and the person for the time being charged with the management of any such premises shall be deemed to be the licensee thereof.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this order, this order applies with respect to the sale by the holder of a publican’s licence, tourist house licence, or accommodation licence for consumption on licensed premises, and to the sale by the holder of a conditional licence under the authority of that licence, of drinks containing spirits or beer.
   (2) This order shall not apply to any liquor served in a lounge or dining room.
   (3) For the purposes of this order liquor shall be deemed to be served in a lounge or a dining room only if it is served to the purchaser by the licensee or his servant in the lounge or dining room and not directly to the purchaser over a counter.
   (4) This order shall not apply to any liquor sold by the bottle and in its original bottle.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF SPIRITS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this order, the maximum price that may be charged by the holder of a publican’s licence, a tourist house licence, or an accommodation licence for consumption on licensed premises, or by the holder of a conditional licence under the authority of that licence, for any drink containing spirits shall be—
   (a) Where the quantity of spirits contained in the drink is less than a full standard measure, 9d.
   (b) Where the quantity of spirits contained in the drink is a full standard measure, or more than a full standard measure, 1s. 3d. for each full standard measure.