Price Regulations




13 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
17

Flour
(other than
wheatmeal)
Per Tonne
(1,000 kg or
2,204.6223 lb)
$

Wheatmeal
(other than
stoneground)
Per Tonne
(1,000 kg or
2,204.6223 lb)
$

Sacks or bulk — 217.50 197.50
40 kg or 36 kg bags — 227.50 207.50
20 kg bags — 232.50 212.50
10 kg bags — 242.50 222.50
5 kg bags — 257.50 237.50

(These prices are for net weights, when packed, of
flour or wheatmeal and are subject to 1¼ percent dis-
count for payment within 14 days of delivery.)

NOTE—Prices of stoneground wheatmeal are subject
to special approvals under clause 8 of this order.

(b) The flour levy.

(c) The cost (if applicable) of sacks.

(d) For areas where the terms of sale are “on rail”:
(i) The amount (if incurred) of “excess railage”:
(i) Sorting, unloading, or tallying (if incurred) at the
rate for the station concerned.

(e) For areas where the terms of sale are “on wharf”:
(i) Railage (if incurred) where the buyer is situated
within 35 kilometres of the port:
(ii) Sorting or tallying (if incurred) at the rate for the
port concerned.

(f) Where the flour or wheatmeal is sold “ex New Zealand
Wheat Board’s or its agent’s store”:
(i) The amount of any cartage incurred for delivery
from mill, wharf, or rail to a store of the New Zea-
land Wheat Board or its agent, provided the amount
so included shall not exceed the amount of the
charges that would have been incurred had delivery
been effected at current transport rates:
(ii) Storage or through store charges at the approved
rate for the area concerned.

(g) Any transport charges beyond the New Zealand Wheat
Board’s point of sale, which are paid by the Board
or its agent on behalf of the buyer:
Provided that if the maximum price so calculated
is not an exact number of cents, the maximum
price shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent.

  1. WHOLESALERS’ PRICES IN RESPECT OF SALES TO
    MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS

Subject to the following provisions of this order, the
maximum prices that may be charged or received by any
wholesaler 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 wholesaler that would have been
incurred had the wholesaler purchased the flour or
wheatmeal from the New Zealand Wheat Board or
its agents, less the 1¼ 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) Charges actually incurred in obtaining delivery to whole-
sale store.

(e) An amount calculated as follows:
(i) for flour and wheatmeal which is delivered to manu-
facturing or retail premises without charge for
delivery—
7 percent of the sum of the foregoing items (a)
to (d) :
(ii) for flour and wheatmeal which is sold “ex whole-
saler’s store”—
4 percent of the sum of the foregoing items (a)
to (d) plus any amount for transport charges which
are paid by the wholesaler on behalf of the buyer:
Provided also that if the maximum price calculated
in accordance with this clause is not an exact num-
ber of cents, the maximum price shall be calculated
to the nearest whole cent:

Provided further that an additional sum may be
added to the total so calculated to provide for any
discount which is customarily deducted for payment
within a specified time.

  1. RETAILERS’ PRICES FOR FLOUR AND WHEATMEAL
    (a) 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—
    (i) In the case of flour or wheatmeal sold by a
    retailer in the package in which it was purchased,
    the sum of an amount not exceeding the into-store
    cost of the goods and a mark-up of 10 percent
    applied to that cost.
    (ii) In the case of flour or wheatmeal sold by a
    retailer other than in the same package in which
    it was purchased, the sum of the into-store cost
    of these goods and a mark-up of 33⅓ percent applied
    to that cost.

  2. SPECIAL PRICES
    Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of
    this order, and subject to such conditions (if any) as he thinks
    fit, the Secretary on application by the New Zealand Wheat
    Board or by any agent, wholesaler or retailer, may author-
    ise alterations in prices or percentage margins in respect
    of any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies.

Any authority given by the Secretary under this clause
may apply with respect to a specified lot, type, or consign-
ment 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 12th day of January 1977.

P. E. DONOVAN,
Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.

*New Zealand Gazette, 25 March 1976, No. 33, p. 695
(T. and I.)

Price Order No. 45 (Californian Oranges)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Peter Edward
Donovan, 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. 45 and
    shall come into force on the 18th day of January 1977.

  2. (1) Price Order No. 7* is 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. 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 New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF CALIFORNIAN ORANGES

  1. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
    by any retailer for any Californian oranges 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, Strat-
ford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier,
Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth,
Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or
Invercargill—
41 cents a lb.
Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh
in metric weights—
90 cents a kilogram.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business else-
where—
42 cents a lb.
Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh
in metric weights—
92 cents a kilogram.



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🏭 Price Order No. 44 (Flour and Wheatmeal) (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
12 January 1977
Price regulation, Flour, Wheatmeal, New Zealand Wheat Board, Commerce Act 1975
  • P. E. Donovan, Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division

🏭 Price Order No. 45 (Californian Oranges)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
12 January 1977
Price regulation, Californian Oranges, Retail Prices, Commerce Act 1975
  • Peter Edward Donovan, Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division