SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

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

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Australian oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:

(a) The retail price per pound of the oranges. Retailers to whom clause 5 (b) of this order applies shall state at least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.

(b) The word “Australian”.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of June 1969.
C. E. BEARD,
Assistant Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.
*Gazette, 18 January 1968, Vol. I, p. 59 (I. and C.)

Price Order No. 2105 (South African Oranges)

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. 2105, and shall come into force on the 20th day of June 1969.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2086* 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. References in this order to metropolitan areas are references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies with respect to all South African oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any South African oranges shall be—

(a) When sold by a retailer carrying on business in any of the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, or in any of the Cities or Boroughs of Whangarei, Takapuna, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—17 cents per pound.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at 18 cents per pound. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the rate of 17½ cents per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price of the lot may be computed to the nearest whole cent.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

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

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any South African oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:

(a) The retail price per pound of the oranges. Retailers to whom clause 5 (b) of this order applies shall state at least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.

(b) The words “South African”.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of June 1969.
C. E. BEARD,
Assistant Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.
*Gazette, 12 September 1968, Vol. II, p. 1576 (I. and C.)

The Standards Act 1965—Provisional New Zealand Standard Adopted

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 8 May 1969, approved the issue of the under-mentioned provisional New Zealand standard:

Copies are available from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of May 1969.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/5:15)