SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 12 AUGUST 1976
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 13 AUGUST 1976
Price Order No. 28 (Eggs)
No. 91
1907
PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Desmond James
Gasson, 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. 28, and shall
   come into force on the 14th day of August 1976.
2. (1) Price Orders No. 2† and 20‡ are hereby revoked.
   (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. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,
   “Auckland District” means the district comprising the
   Auckland Egg Marketing area as constituted under
   the Egg Marketing Authority Regulations 1953, that
   part of Manukau City not included in the Auckland
   Egg Marketing Area, the city of Papatoetoe, the
   boroughs of Howick, Papakura, Glen Eden, and East
   Coast Bays, and the counties of Franklin, Waitamata,
   and Rodney including all cities, boroughs, and town
   districts situated within or contiguous to the boundaries
   of any such county:
   “Gisborne District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Cook, Waiapu and Waikohu, including all
   cities, boroughs, and town districts situated within or
   contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Hamilton District” means the district comprising the
   Hamilton Egg Marketing area as constituted under the
   Egg Marketing Authority Regulations 1953, the
   counties of Otorohanga, Waipa, Raglan, Waikato,
   Waitomo, Piako, and Matamata including all cities,
   boroughs, and town districts situated within or contiguous
   to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Hawke’s Bay District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, Wai-
   pukurau, and Dannevirke, including all cities, boroughs,
   and town districts situated within or contiguous to the
   boundaries of any such county:
   “Marlborough District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Awatere and Marlborough, including all
   cities, boroughs, and town districts situated within or
   contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Nelson District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Waimea and Golden Bay, including all
   cities, boroughs, and town districts situated within
   or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Northland District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Otamatea, Hobson, Bay of Islands,
   Whangarei, Hokianga, Whangaroa, and Mangonui,
   including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situated
   within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such
   county:
   “Otago District” means the district comprising the counties
   of Lake, Vincent, Waitaki, Maniototo, Waihemo, Wai-
   kouaiti, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, and Clutha, including
   all cities, boroughs, and town districts situated within
   or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Southland District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Southland, including
   all cities, boroughs, and town districts situated within
   or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Taranaki District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Taranaki, Clifton, Egmont, Inglewood,
   Stratford, Eltham, Waimate West, and Hawera, including
   all cities, boroughs, and town districts situated within or
   contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Tauranga District” means the district comprising the
   Tauranga Egg Marketing area as constituted under the
   Egg Marketing Authority Regulations 1953 and that
   part of Tauranga County not included in the Tauranga
   Egg Marketing Area and also all cities, boroughs, and
   town districts situated within or contiguous to the
   boundaries of such county:
   “Wanganui District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Taumarunui, Waimarino, Patea, Waitotara,
   Wanganui, and Rangitikei, including all cities,
   boroughs, and town districts situated within or contiguous
   to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Wellington Egg Marketing Area” means the area so
   constituted under the Egg Marketing Authority Regulations
   1953:
   “Westland District” means the district comprising the
   counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland,
   including all cities, boroughs, and town districts situated
   within or contiguous to the boundaries of any such county:
   “Cartoned eggs” means eggs which are packed in a divisible
   “Safety” egg carton or in a “Unibox” carton,
   and supplied by a licensed distributor, or a producer
   authorised by the Egg Marketing Authority, to a
   retailer and sold by a retailer to a consumer:
   “Licensed distributor” means the holder of a distributor’s
   licence under the Egg Marketing Authority Regulations
   1953*.
   APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
4. This order applies in respect to all sales in New Zealand
   whether wholesale or retail, of eggs of domestic fowls or
   ducks, but does not apply to eggs transferred between licensed
   distributors or used in the manufacture of egg pulp or to
   the sale of eggs which the vendor proves were sold for the
   purposes of hatching.
   CLASSIFICATION OF EGGS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER
   Hen Eggs
5. (1) For the purposes of this order, every lot of hen eggs
   sold by a producer, or licensed distributor, or retailer shall be
   classified in the following sizes as 7's, 6's, 5's, 4's, or “Mixed”.