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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 47

7. RETAILERS' PRICES FOR FLOUR AND WHEATMEAL
   Subject to the following provisions of this order, the maximum prices that may be charged or received by any retailer for any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies, shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts (provided that the prices charged shall include only that part of the following amounts which relates to the quantity sold):
   (a) The cost to the retailer that would have been incurred had the retailer purchased the flour or wheatmeal from the New Zealand Wheat Board or its agents in minimum quantity lots, less the 1⅔ percent early payment discount allowable by the New Zealand Wheat Board whether or not the discount is obtained.
   (b) The flour levy.
   (c) The cost (if applicable) of sacks.
   (d) The cost of sea freight or wharfage charges incurred in obtaining delivery to retail store.
   (e) The amount of any railage charges actually incurred in obtaining delivery to retail store, provided that for quantities of less than 254 kg (5 cwt) the amount shall not exceed the proportionate amount of the charge that would have been incurred on a 254 kg (5 cwt) lot.
   (f) The amount of any cartage charges actually incurred in obtaining delivery to retail store, provided that the amount so added may not exceed the proportionate amount of the charge that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at current transport rates for delivery in not less than 254 kg (5 cwt) lots, or at the authorised average charge for the area concerned.
   (g) An amount calculated at the following rates:
   (i) For flour or wheatmeal weighed out and packaged by a retailer—
   33⅓ percent of the sum of the foregoing items (a) to (f):
   Provided that the retail price shall be computed as if the retailer had purchased flour in 36 kg or 40 kg bags and wheatmeal in 20 kg bags:
   Provided also that if the price calculated in accordance with this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price for the lot shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent.
   (ii) For flour and wheatmeal sold in the original packages specified in clause 5 of this order—10 percent of the sum of the foregoing items (a) to (f):
   Provided that if the maximum selling price calculated in accordance with this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price for the pack shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent.
   (iii) For flour or wheatmeal purchased by a retailer in other than the original packages specified in clause 5 hereof, the retail selling prices shall be computed as if the retailer had weighed out and packaged the quantity himself from purchases of flour in 36 kg or 40 kg bags and wheatmeal in 20 kg bags:
   Provided that if the maximum selling price calculated in accordance with this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price for the pack shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent.

8. SPECIAL PRICES
   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 the New Zealand Wheat Board or by any agent, wholesaler, or retailer, may authorise alterations in prices or percentage margins in respect of any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies if special circumstances exist or if for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the New Zealand Wheat Board or by an agent, wholesaler, or retailer.
   Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of flour or wheatmeal or may relate generally to all flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies that is sold while the order remains in force.
   Dated at Wellington this 6th day of June 1972.
   The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of:
   A. G. RODDA, President.
   F. F. SIMMONS, Member.
   *1 November 1968 (Supplementary), Vol. 3
   †28 March 1969 (Supplementary), Vol. 1
   ‡16 April 1970, Vol. 1, p. 689
   §14 January 1971, Vol. 1, p. 23
   ||31 January 1972 (Supplementary), Vol. 1

Price Order No. 2194 (Bread)

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. 2194 and shall come into force on the 9th day of June 1972.
2. (1) Price Orders No. 2177, 2178, and 2181† shall be revoked on the coming into force of this order.
   (2) The revocation of the said orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.
   (3) Notwithstanding the revocation of Price Orders No. 2177 and 2178, any approvals given under clauses 10 and 6 respectively of those price orders shall continue to have effect as if the said orders had not been revoked.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies to all bread referred to in clauses 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this order sold in New Zealand by a wholesaler or by a retailer, but does not apply to bread sold on Stewart Island or to bread sold as part of a meal.

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

4. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in the First Schedule to this order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this order applies and which is customarily known as:
   (a) Standard white bread.
   (b) Standard brown bread.
   (c) Wholemeal bread.
   (d) Vienna bread.
   (e) Wheat-germ bread.

5. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in the Third and Fourth Schedules to this order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this order applies and which is customarily known as starch-reduced bread, that is, bread in the making of which there is for each sack of flour (160lb) used not less than 6lb of dry gluten, or 18lb of wet gluten, and no less than 6lb of fat with either dried milk or condensed milk.

6. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in the Fifth Schedule to this order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread which was authorised in terms of Price Order No. 2178, as amended by Price Order No. 2181, to be sold at maximum prices as follows:
   (a) A wholesale price of 17c per loaf less 10 percent.
   (b) A retail price of 17c per loaf.