New Zealand Gazette – 1975 – No. 116

Page 3091

✨ Price Order for Californian Oranges



No. 116
3091

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 18 DECEMBER 1975
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 19 DECEMBER 1975
Price Order No. 4 (Californian Oranges Sold in the North
Island of New Zealand)

Pursuant to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Maurice John
Belgrave, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade
and Industry, hereby make the following price order:

  1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 4, and shall
    come into force on the 5th day of January 1976.

  2. (1) Price Order No. 2306* 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 refer-
    ences to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule
    hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

  1. This order applies with respect to all Californian oranges
    sold by way of retail in the North Island of New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF CALIFORNIAN ORANGES

  1. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
    by any retailer for Californian oranges to which this order
    applies shall be:

(a) When sold by a retailer carrying on a business in
any of the metropolitan areas of Auckland and
Wellington, or in any of the Cities or Boroughs of
Whangarei, Takapuna, Waitemata, Hamilton,
Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth,
Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings,
Stratford, Hawera, and Masterton-
35 cents per lb.

Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric
weights-
77 cents a kilogram.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business else-
where-

1 lb, 36 cents;
2 lb, 71 cents;
3 lb, $1.07;
4 lb, $1.42;
5 lb, $1.78;
6 lb, $2.13.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of
36 cents per pound. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be
calculated at the rate of 35.5 cents per pound.

Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric
weights-
78 cents a kilogram.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

  1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the fore-
    going provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions,
    if any, as it thinks fit, the Secretary on application by any
    retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of
    any Californian 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 Secretary under this clause may
    apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of
    oranges, or may relate generally to all Californian oranges to
    which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval
    remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

  1. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Californian
    oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent posi-
    tion 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 or, where the scales used by
the retailer weigh in metric weights, the price per
kilogram.

(b) The words "Californian".



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🏭 Price Order No. 4 for Californian Oranges

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Price regulation, Retail prices, Californian oranges, North Island, Metropolitan areas
  • Maurice John Belgrave, delegate from the Secretary of Trade and Industry