No. 12

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 1975
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 1975
Price Order No. 2306 (Californian Oranges)

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. 2306, and shall come into force on the 17th day of February 1975.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2304* 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 Californian oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF CALIFORNIAN ORANGES

5. (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, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin 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, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill-
   30 cents per lb.
   (b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere-
   1 lb, 31 cents;
   2 lb, 61 cents;
   3 lb, 92 cents;
   4 lb, $1.22;
   5 lb, $1.53;
   6 lb, $1.83.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of 31 cents per pound. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated at the rate of 30½ cents per pound.
(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price of the lot may 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 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. An authority given by the Tribunal 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

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any California oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:
   (a) The retail price per pound of the oranges. Retailers whom clause 5 (1), (b) of this order applies shall state least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.
   (b) The word “Californian”.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of
Metropolitan
Area

Districts Included Therein

Auckland

The City of Auckland, the Boroughs Birkenhead, Devonport, East Coast Bay Ellerslie, Glen Eden, Henderson, Howick Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, New Lynn Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, Or Tree Hill, Otahuhu.

Wellington

The Cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Porirua, the Boroughs of Eastbourne Petone, and Tawa.

Christchurch

The City of Christchurch and the Borough of Riccarton.

Dunedin

The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs Green Island, Port Chalmers, and Kilda.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of February 1975.
M. J. BELGRAVE,
Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.
*Gazette, No. 8, February 1975, p. 219
(T. and I.)
Price 10c BY AUTHORITY: A. R. SHEARER, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1975