No. 40

925

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 9 JULY 1959

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 10 JULY 1959

Price Order No. 1778 (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. 1778, and shall come into force on the 13th day of July 1959.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1767,* 1769,^1 and 1771^2 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 expression “Wellington Egg Marketing Area” means 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:

“New Plymouth District” means the district comprising the City of New Plymouth.

“Marlborough District” means the district comprising the counties of Awatere, Marlborough, and Sounds, including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:

“Nelson District” means the district comprising the counties of Collingwood, Takaka, and Waimea, including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:

“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:

“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, but does not apply to the sale of eggs which the vendor proves were sold for the purposes of hatching.

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”.

(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 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”.

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 Schedule hereto.