No. 80
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 21 JULY 1977
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 22 JULY 1977
Price Order No. 63 (Cook Island Bananas)

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. 63 and
   shall come into force on the 25th day of July 1977.
2. (1) Price Order No. 46* 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 Cook Island bananas
   sold by way of retail in New Zealand.
   MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF COOK ISLAND BANANAS
5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
   by any retailer for any Cook Island bananas 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—
   34 cents a lb.
   Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in
   metric weights—
   75 cents a kilogram.
   (b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business else-
   where—
   35 cents a lb.
   Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in
   metric weights—
   77 cents a kilogram.
   (2) If in respect of any lot of bananas the price calculated
   in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is
   not an exact number of cents, the maximum price of the !ot
   shall 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 he thinks fit, the Secretary, on application by any retailer,
   may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any
   Cook Island bananas 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 bananas, or
   may relate generally to all Cook Island bananas 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 for sale in any shop
   any Cook Island bananas to which this order applies shall
   keep in a prominent position, in such proximity to the
   bananas to which it relates as to be obviously in relation
   thereto, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated
   in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:
   (a) The retail price a pound of the bananas.
   Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in
   metric weights the price a kg.
   (b) The word "Cook Island".
   SCHEDULE
   DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
   Name of
   Metropolitan
   Area
   Districts Included Therein
   Auckland
   The City of Auckland, the Boroughs of
   Birkenhead, Devonport, East Coast Bays,
   Ellerslie, Glen Eden, Henderson, Howick,
   Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Ros-
   kill, Mount Wellington, New Lynn, New-
   market, Northcote, Onehunga, One 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
   of Green Island, Port Chalmers, and
   St. Kilda.
   Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of July 1977.
   P. E. DONOVAN,
   Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.
   *New Zealand Gazette, No. 1, 13 January 1977, p. 14
   (T. and I.)
   BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1977