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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 3

Price Order No. 2154 (Price Justification Scheme)

Pursuant to the authority given by the Minister of Industries and Commerce in writing under his hand on the 13 January 1971 in terms of section 18 (2) (C) of the Control of Prices Act 1947, and in consideration of the powers conferred upon it by section 10 of that Act, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following price order.

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2154 and shall come into force on 15 February 1971.

2. Except as otherwise provided by this order, the maximum price which may be charged or received for any goods to which this order applies is the price which the manufacturer, packer, wholesaler, retailer, or other trader or seller was charging for goods of the same kind as at 14 February 1971.

PART I

MANUFACTURERS' AND PACKERS' PRICES FOR SPECIFIED GOODS

3. Any manufacturer or packer of any goods specified in the First Schedule hereto may apply to the Tribunal on the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto for a new maximum price at which the particular goods may be sold by the manufacturer or packer making the application.

4. Where a manufacturer or packer has made an application under clause 3 of this order and the Tribunal has not within a period of 21 days (excluding statutory holidays) after the date of the receipt of the application notified the applicant in writing of any objection it may have thereto the manufacturer or packer may, on the expiry of that period charge the new maximum price, and the new maximum price shall be deemed to be the maximum price fixed by the Tribunal for the purposes of this order.

5. If a manufacturer or packer has made an application for a new maximum price and the Tribunal has notified the applicant in writing that it objects to the price applied for, the price which the manufacturer or packer may charge for the particular goods shall be the price charged as at the 14th day of February 1971 or such other price as the Tribunal may specify in writing delivered to the manufacturer or packer; and if such other price is specified it shall be deemed to be the maximum price fixed by the Tribunal for the purposes of this order.

6. The Tribunal may fix a maximum price for any goods specified in the First Schedule hereto at the price charged as at the 14th day of February 1971, or at the price applied for, or at such other price as it thinks fit.

7. Notwithstanding anything in Part II of this order the Tribunal may if it thinks necessary fix the wholesale and retail prices of goods subject to this part of this order.

PART II

WHOLESALE AND RETAILERS' MARGINS

8. (1) The maximum selling price that may be charged by any wholesaler or retailer for goods specified in the First and Second Schedules hereto shall not exceed the amount of the into-store cost of those goods to the wholesaler or retailer increased by the margin of profit on the into-store cost which the wholesaler or retailer was normally incorporating on goods of the same kind as at the 12th day of November 1970, or such other margin as the Tribunal may from time to time authorise.

(2) In calculating the into-store cost of goods specified in the First Schedule the manufacturers' or packers' prices shall be deemed to be the prices determined under Part I of this order.

9. Any resale prices recommended by a manufacturer or packer to a wholesaler or retailer shall not include a margin of profit greater than the margin of profit normally incor- porated in respect of goods of the same kind as at the 12th day of November 1970, or such other margin as the Tribunal may from time to time authorise.

10. This part of this order does not apply to second-hand goods or to goods already on the Control of Prices (Positive List) Notice 1966, as at the 14th day of February 1971.

11. The provisions of section 15 (7) of the Control of Prices Act 1947 shall not apply to this order.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of January 1971.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

[L.S.]

S. T. BARNETT, President.

F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

(I. and C.)

FIRST SCHEDULE

PRICE JUSTIFICATION SCHEME (SCHEDULE OF GOODS)

Foods and Related Commodities

Aerated waters.

Bacon and ham.

Bread (other than the kinds already subject to price order).

Breakfast and dessert cereal foods.

Biscuits.

Cocoa.

Coffee.

Confectionery (including chocolate).

Fish, canned.

Fruits, dried, canned, or bottled.

Ice-cream of all descriptions including iced confections.

Jams and marmalades of all types.

Marmite and Vegemite.

Meat canned (with or without other ingredients).

Milk condensed or evaporated and milk powder.

Peanut butter.

Poultry, frozen.

Rice.

Soap, soap powders and detergents.

Soups canned and soup powders and cubes.

Tooth pastes including powders and tablets and denture preparations.

Tea.

Toilet paper.

Vegetables, dried, canned, or frozen.

Intoxicating Liquor

Beer.

Spirits.

Clothing, Footwear, and Soft Goods

Men's and boys' standard underwear.

Men's working clothing.

School uniform clothing.

Gum boots.

Men's working boots.

School uniform footwear.

Blankets.

Nursery squares.

Sheets.

Towels and towelling.

Household Appliances

Ranges and rangettes (kitchen cooking).

Refrigerators and home freezers, including combination refrigerators and home freezers.

Washing machines.

Building Materials, Etc.

Asbestos cement products.

Baths.

Blocks, concrete.

Bricks.

Building boards (including wallboards and particle boards).

Cement.

Cylinders, household including hot water cylinders.

Field tiles and pipes of earthenware.

Plywoods.

Roofing tiles of all descriptions.

Timber (New Zealand grown) (including timber charges of all kinds).

Farm Machinery and Equipment as Follows:

Dairy machinery and dairy equipment for farm use.

Harvesting and haymaking equipment.

Milking machine rubberware.

Planting, seeding, and fertiliser machines and equipment.

Shearing machines.

Soil tilling and preparing machines and equipment.

Wool presses.

Wire netting and mesh.

Miscellaneous

Batteries, dry cell.

Container board.

Electric cables, insulated.

Floor coverings including carpets.

Lime.

Mattresses.

Paints.

Pet foods, canned or packaged.

School stationery.