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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 65

Price Order No. 2146 (Steel Products Manufactured by Pacific Steel Ltd.)

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. 2146 and shall come into force on the 23rd day of October 1970.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2134* 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. In this order:

The expression “f.o.r.” means “free on rail”, and the expression “c and f” means “cost and freight”.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies to the following steel products manufactured by Pacific Steel Ltd.:

Rolled and Rerolled Steel Bars

1. Rounds
2. Squares
3. Flats
4. Angles
5. Channels

MAXIMUM PRICES TO BE CHARGED

5. (1) The maximum factory selling prices that may be charged or received by Pacific Steel Ltd. for any steel products to which this order applies shall be the basis price shown in this order, with adjustments in the form of extras as specified hereunder being made as appropriate.

(2) The maximum prices, as aforesaid, are fixed for deliveries as follows:

(a) Within a radius of 25 miles of Otahuhu, free on truck at mill.

(b) “f.o.r.” Whangarei, Hamilton, Rotorua, Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Masterton, Lower Hutt, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, and Invercargill.

(c) Landed on wharf or at railhead at Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Nelson, Greymouth, Dunedin, and Bluff.

(d) For sales to other areas, the approved maximum selling prices may be surcharged with the amount which does not exceed the actual freight incurred for transport of steel from the nearest freight paid point mentioned above.

(3) The maximum basis price shall be $140 per ton and shall apply to mild steel concrete reinforcing bars made in conformity with New Zealand Standard Specification 197, angles, channels, flats, squares, and rounds other than reinforcing made in conformity with New Zealand Standard Specification 309.

(4) The basis price shall cover the following sizes:

Rounds ¾” diameter and over
Squares ½” to 3”
Flats 1” to 6” wide by ¼” to 1” thick

(N.B. There is no basis size for angles and the company is not making basis size channels—8” × 3” and over.)

(5) The basis price shall cover lengths from 16 ft to 35 ft.

(6) The basis price shall cover the following quantities:

Rounds, 5 tons and over
Squares, 5 tons and over
Flats, 5 tons and over
Angles, 5 tons and over

} In one size and gauge or diameter and in one quality

(7) The basis price shall cover the cold straightening of angles.

EXTRAS

6. The maximum charges for extras as appropriate are as follows:

(1) Size (added to Basis Price)

Per Ton
$ c

Rounds—
Reinforcing and engineering:
¼” .. .. .. .. 10 75
⅜” .. .. .. .. 8 00
½” .. .. .. .. 4 00
⅝” .. .. .. .. 1 00
Squares, ¾” .. .. .. .. 3 50

Flats—
⅜” to under ¼” thick × 1” to 6” wide .. .. 2 50
Over 1” thick × 1” to 6” wide .. .. 1 50

Angles—
(2 to under 4 United Inches) ⅜” to under ¼” thick 4 00
¼” thick and over .. .. 2 50
(4 to 6 United Inches) ⅜” to under ¼” thick .. 3 50
¼” thick and over .. .. 1 50

Channels—
3” × 1½” .. .. .. .. 10 00
4” × 2” .. .. .. .. 7 00

Each of the following extras may be added to basis price plus appropriate size extras.

Per Ton
$ c

(2) Quantity

1 ton to under 2 tons .. .. .. 6 00
2 tons to under 3 tons .. .. .. 4 00
3 tons to under 4 tons .. .. .. 2 00
4 tons to under 5 tons .. .. .. 1 00
Minimum order, 1 ton.

The above quantity extras apply to items of one size, quality, and length.

Where quantities under 10 tons of an item incur any extra freight, cartage, or other charges, such charges are to customer’s account.

Per Ton
$ c

(3) Length

Over 35’ to 40’ .. .. .. .. 1 00
Over 40’ to 50’ .. .. .. .. 1 50

(4) Cold Straightening

Flats only .. .. .. .. 1 00

(5) Deformed Bars .. .. .. .. 4 00

(6) Bar marking HY. 60 .. .. .. 4 50

(7) Quality

This section includes quality extras added to basis price, plus any extras added under 6 (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) above.

Standard Specifications

Specification Analysis Per Ton Extra
$ c
NZSS 1693 .. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. 1 00
NZSS 197 .. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. Basis price
Mild
Medium Tensile 33/38 tons p.s.i. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. 1 50
High Tensile 37/43 tons p.s.i. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. 1 50
NZSS 309 .. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. Basis price
NZSS 1879.. High Yield Steel 7 75

(8) Tests

Government inspection .. .. .. 1 00
To Lloyds, etc. .. .. .. 1 50
By buyer at supplier’s works .. .. 8 00

lump sum per test or set of tests or 20c per ton whichever is the greater.

Surface inspection .. .. .. .. 2 00
Proof stress .. .. .. .. 3 00
Additional chemical analysis .. .. 3 00
Impact .. .. .. .. 3 50
Brinnell on not less than 10 percent of the bars .. 7 50
Inspection or testing of lots less than 1 ton .. 75

lump sum per test

Where test certificates are called for giving mechanical properties covering any of the numerical series of steels .. .. .. .. 1 00

(9) Special Paint Marking or Hand Stamping 1 00

(10) Cutting Margin

The standard cutting margin is —0” + 2” and is covered in the basis price.

(11) Extras for exact lengths are by arrangement between buyer and seller.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of October 1970.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed in the presence of:

S. T. BARNETT, President.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

[L.s.]

(I. and C.)

Gazette, 28 May 1970, No. 31, p. 951.