No. 97 2525

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 1977
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1977

Price Order No. 69 (Australian Valencia 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. 69 and shall come into force on the 19th day of September 1977.

2. (1) Price Order No. 22* 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 references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies with respect to all Australian valencia oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any Australian valencia oranges 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, Stratford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—

38 cents a pound.

or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric weights—

84 cents a kilogram.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

39 cents a pound.

Or where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric weights—

86 cents a kilogram.

(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.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

6. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Secretary, on application by any retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any Australian valencia oranges 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 oranges or may relate generally to all Australian valencia oranges to which this order applied sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Australian valencia oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:

(a) The retail price a pound or, where the scales used by the retailer weigh in metric weights, the price a kilogram.

(b) The words “Australian valencia”.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of September 1977.

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

*New Zealand Gazette, No. 66, 10 June 1976, p. 1369.

(T. and I.)

Price 10c BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1977