13 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Price Order No. 40 (Bread)

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:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 40 and shall come into force on the 17th day of January 1977.

2. (1) Price Order No. 36* shall be revoked on the coming into force of this order.
   (2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the liability of any person in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.
   (3) Notwithstanding the revocation of Price Order No. 36, any approvals given under clause 10 of that price order shall continue to have effect as if the said order had not been revoked.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies to all bread referred to in clauses 4 and 5 of this order sold in New Zealand by a wholesaler or by a retailer, but does not apply to bread sold on Stewart Island or to bread sold as part of a meal.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF BREAD TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in the First Schedule to this order shall be the maximum retail prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this order applies and which is customarily known as:
   (a) Standard white bread.
   (b) Standard brown bread.
   (c) Wholemeal bread.
   (d) Vienna bread.
   (e) Wheat-germ bread.

5. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in the Schedule Second to this order shall be the maximum retail prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this order applies and which is customarily known as protein-enriched bread, that is, bread in the making of which there is for each 100 kg of flour used not less than 3.75 kg of dry gluten and not less than 2.4 percent of nitrogen calculated on a dry basis. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the sale of those loaves of protein enriched bread for which there is an approved special price.

6. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in Part II of the First and Second Schedules to this order shall be the maximum retail prices which may be charged or received for any bread described in clauses 4, and 5 of this order which is sliced or unsliced and enclosed and securely wrapped at the bakehouse in clean unused paper.

7. Subject to the provisions of this order, the maximum wholesale prices that may be charged or received for any bread subject to this order shall be the maximum retail prices set out in the First and Second Schedule to this order reduced by 12½ percent.

8. The wholesale prices fixed by this order apply to bread delivered to the retailer’s premises. In any case where bread is not so delivered the prices shall be such as are agreed upon between the baker and the retailer, or failing such agreement, as may be approved by the Secretary.

GENERAL

9. A booking fee at the rate of one quarter cent (¼c) per loaf for loaves of not more than 1lb weight and one half cent (½c) per loaf for loaves exceeding 1 lb weight may be made for any bread sold by a retailer to which this order applies, provided that payment for the bread so sold has not been made prior to, or at the time of, the customer’s taking delivery of the bread at the shop.

10. The maximum retail selling prices provided for in this order shall include the service of wrapping where this service is provided by the retailer.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

11. 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 any wholesaler, or retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any bread to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Secretary under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of bread or may relate generally to all bread sold by the wholesaler or retailer, while the approval remains in force.

FIRST SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF STANDARD WHITE BREAD, STANDARD BROWN BREAD, WHOLEMEAL BREAD, VIENNA BREAD, AND WHEAT-GERM BREAD

PART I
If not bakehouse wrapped

Per 4 lb loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62c
Per 2 lb loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32c
Per 1 lb 12 oz loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30c
Per half of a 1 lb 12 oz loaf formed from two similar dough units baked together .. .. .. .. 15c
Per 1 lb 8 oz loaf (wholemeal or Vienna) .. .. .. .. .. 28c
Per 1 lb loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20c

PART II
If bakehouse wrapped (whether sliced or unsliced)

Per 4 lb loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66c
Per 2 lb loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36c
Per 1 lb 12 oz loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33c
Per 1 lb 8 oz loaf (wholemeal or Vienna) .. .. .. .. .. 31c
Per 1 lb loaf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22c

SECOND SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PROTEIN-ENRICHED BREAD

PART I
If not bakehouse wrapped

Per loaf weighing not less than 1 lb 8 oz .. .. .. .. .. 30c
Per loaf weighing less than 1 lb 8 oz but not less than 1 lb .. 24c

PART II
If bakehouse wrapped (whether sliced or unsliced)

Per loaf weighing not less than 1 lb 8 oz .. .. .. .. .. 33c
Per loaf weighing less than 1 lb 8 oz but not less than 1 lb .. 27c

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of January 1977.

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

(T. and I.)
*New Zealand Gazette, 22 December 1976.