No. 16

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1974
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 1974

Price Order No. 2260 (Ecuadorian Bananas)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Maurice John Belgrave, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 2260 and shall come into force on the 25th day of February 1974.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2244* 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 Ecuadorian bananas sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ECUADORIAN BANANAS

5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any Ecuadorian bananas to which this order applies 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, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—

18 cents per lb.

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

1 lb, 19 cents;
2 lb, 37 cents;
3 lb, 56 cents;
4 lb, 74 cents;
5 lb, 93 cents;
6 lb, $1.11.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of 19 cents per lb. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the rate of 18½ cents per lb.

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

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any,
   as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect on any Ecuadorian bananas 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 bananas, or may relate generally to all Ecuadorian bananas 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 for sale in any shop any Ecuadorian bananas to which this order applies shall keep in a prominent position, in such proximity to the bananas to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto, 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 bananas. Retailers to whom clause 5 (1) (b) of this order applies shall state at least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.

(b) The word “Ecuadorian”.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of February 1974.
M. J. BELGRAVE, Acting Director of Distribution Division.
*Gazette, No. 92, 4 October 1973, p. 1899 (T. and I.)

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