No. 76 2157

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 1968
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 1968

Price Order No. 2094 (Tyres and Tubes Imported into New Zealand)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Clifford Ernest Beard, 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. 2094, and shall come into force on the 22nd day of November 1968.

2. (1) Price Orders No. 1659*, 1667†, 1938‡, and 2047§ are hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said Price Orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. 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

4. (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 percent 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

5. (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) 21.75 percent in the case of car tyres.

(b) 20.5 percent in the case of truck, bus, low-loading and trailer tyres.

(c) 22.25 percent in the case of tubes other than grader and earthmover.

(d) 20.25 percent in the case of tractor, implement and industrial tyres where such tyres are subject to sales tax, and 0.25 percent where such tyres are exempt from sales tax.

(e) 23.5 percent in the case of grader and earthmover tubes.

(f) 21.25 percent in the case of grader and earthmover tyres where such tyres are subject to sales tax, and 1.25 percent 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

6. (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 the maximum prices specified in the said Schedule shall be reduced by the amount of the discount specified in the Schedule where payment is made in cash or on or before the 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which delivery is made by the retailer.

(3) With respect to tubes, the maximum prices specified in the said Schedule are not subject to any discount.

(4) With respect to car tyres, the maximum prices fixed as aforesaid are inclusive of the cost of fitting the tyres.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

7. 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.