734

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 25

Price Order No. 1938 (Grader and Earthmover and Special Grader and Earthmover Tyres and Tubes Imported into New Zealand)

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alan Brown McLauchlan, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Industries and Commerce, acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1938 and shall come into force on the 25th day of April 1964.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. This order applies with respect to all new tyres and new tubes imported into New Zealand of the kind described in the Schedule hereto.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers' Prices

3. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this order, the maximum price that may be charged or received at any place in New Zealand by any wholesaler for any tyres or tubes to which this order applies shall be the appropriate price specified in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The maximum wholesale prices specified in the said Schedule shall be reduced by a discount equal to 5 per cent thereof, where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which delivery is made by the wholesaler.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are exclusive of sales tax.

Fixing Special Prices for Sales to Local Authorities

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any person for any tyres or tubes to which this order applies sold to a local authority shall be the appropriate wholesale price (including discount) specified in the Schedule hereto increased by an amount equal to:

(a) 24·375 per cent in the case of tubes; and

(b) 21·75 per cent in the case of grader and earthmover tyres, where such tyres are subject to sales tax, and 1·75 per cent where such tyres are exempt from sales tax.

(2) The maximum price fixed in the preceding subclause is inclusive of sales tax where applicable and is not subject to any discount.

Retailers' Prices

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received at any place in New Zealand by a retailer for any tyres or tubes to which this order applies shall be the appropriate price specified in the Schedule hereto.

(2) With respect to tyres and tubes the maximum prices specified in the said Schedule are not subject to any discount.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

6. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this order and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any tyres or tubes to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of tyres or tubes or may relate generally to all tyres or tubes to which this order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

7. Price Order No. 1659 is hereby consequently amended as follows:

(a) By omitting from paragraph (d) of subclause (1) of clause 5 the words “grader, earthmover”;

(b) By repealing so much of the Schedule as relates to grader and earthmover tyres and tubes and to special grader and earthmover tyres and tubes as prescribed in the said Price Order.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Grader and Earthmover Tyres and Tubes