New Zealand Gazette – 1980 – No. 51

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1372 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 51

Industries Development Commission Notice No. 1980/3—Inquiry Concerning the New Zealand Plastics Industry

  1. In a notice No. 1979/11 in the New Zealand Gazette of 13 September 1979 (No. 94, page 2629), the Commission invited parties interested in participating in the preparation of a development plan for the New Zealand Plastics Industry to register their interest, and gave notice of its intention to circulate a position paper and hold a public hearing in early 1980.

  2. Those who registered received detailed guidelines for submissions, and their preliminary submissions will form the basis of the Commission’s position papers.

  3. In a letter of 28 April 1980 the Minister of Trade and Industry has, in response to representations of the Commission and the Industry, extended the completion date of the Commission’s inquiry from 30 June until 31 December 1980.

  4. For the purposes of its inquiry the Commission has, after consultation with the Plastics Institute of New Zealand, divided the industry into sectors on a product group basis. Position papers will be circulated to all who lodged submissions on the sectors concerned, or have indicated their interest in doing so.

  5. Public hearings on the sectors will be held in accordance with the Schedule to this notice in the Hearing Room, Eighth Floor, Cumberland House, Upper Willis Street, Wellington, commencing, unless otherwise indicated, at 10.30 a.m., and will continue on subsequent days as required.

  6. Parties intending to make submissions at these hearings should provide, in typewritten form, 11 copies of public submissions and 9 copies of any supporting confidential submissions to reach the Commission in accordance with the Schedule to this notice. Separate submissions are required for each sector. Advice regarding the procedure to be followed in the circulation of these submissions will be given when the position papers are distributed.

  7. All submissions will be required to under oath and parties may be subject to cross-examination by other parties and/or the Commission.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of May 1980.

J. R. JENNER, Secretary.

Industries Development Commission, P.O. Box 27-046, Wellington.

SCHEDULE

INQUIRY CONCERNING THE NEW ZEALAND PLASTICS INDUSTRY TIMETABLE, ORDER AND CONTENT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD IN JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 1980

Sector No. Product Groups Final Date Preliminary Submission Commission to Circulate Position Paper Final Date Formal Submission Hearing Date
8/12. Films produced by extrusion process. Bags, sachets and other similar flexible containers .. 6 May 23 May 3 June (2 p.m.)
2. Pipes, piping, tubing and hose; guttering and fittings thereof .. 13 May 30 May 10 June
9. Tapes, self-adhesive and others .. 14 May 30 May 11 June
4. Thermoformable rigid sheets, including foils 6 May 27 May 13 June 24 June
1. Plastics, resins in powder, granules, flakes, blocks, lumps or similar bulk forms; resins in liquid or paste forms 13 May 3 June 20 June 1 July
6. Flexible sheetings, supported or unsupported, including coated textiles 26 May 16 June 4 July 14 July (2 p.m.)
7. Foamed materials—rigid and flexible in sheet, slab loaf or other bulk form, e.g., polyethers, polyester, polyurethane, polystyrene 29 May 19 June 4 July 17 July
3. Profile Shapes (other than as covered in Sector 2), including monofils over 1 mm C/S, rods and sticks 3 June 24 June 11 July 22 July
14b. Plumbing ware (other than as specified in Sector 2) 4 June 25 June 11 July 23 July
14d. Appliances and apparatus for use in the agricultural and horticultural industries 5 June 26 June 11 July 24 July
11. Bottles, jars and similar rigid containers, including stoppers and closures 10 June 1 July 18 July 29 July
13. Industrial containers over 10 litres in capacity (including fish crates, bottle crates, tote boxes, casks, drums, etc.) 12 June 3 July 18 July 31 July
14c. Cabinet makers and builders hardware 17 June 8 July 25 July 5 August
14a. Kitchen and tableware and household utensils 18 June 9 July 25 July 6 August
14e. Other plastic articles of Chapter 39 24 June 15 July 1 August 12 August
15. General principles 1 August .. .. 19 August

NOTE—It is not at this time, proposed to hold public hearings on the following sectors:

  1. High-pressure laminates (e.g., Formica and Laminex).

  2. Floor coverings.

14f. Articles of apparel and accessories of Chapter 39.

Notice by Examiner of Commercial Practices of Prior Clearance to Merger and Takeover Proposal

PURSUANT to section 73 of the Commerce Act 1975, the Examiner of Commercial Practices hereby gives notice of the following merger and takeover proposal to which he has given prior clearance.

Person by or on behalf of whom notice was given in terms of section 73 (1) of the Commerce Act 1975

Island Investments Pty. Ltd.

Proposal

To acquire Cold Storage Holdings Ltd.’s 50 percent shareholding in Wellington Cold Storage Ltd.

Date of Prior Clearance

23 April 1980

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 1980.

A. E. MONAGHAN, Examiner of Commercial Practices.



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🏭 Industries Development Commission Notice No. 1980/3—Inquiry Concerning the New Zealand Plastics Industry

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
5 May 1980
Plastics Industry, Inquiry, Public Hearings, Submissions, Development Plan
  • J. R. Jenner, Secretary, Industries Development Commission

🏭 Notice by Examiner of Commercial Practices of Prior Clearance to Merger and Takeover Proposal

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
29 April 1980
Merger, Takeover, Prior Clearance, Commerce Act 1975, Cold Storage Holdings Ltd., Wellington Cold Storage Ltd.
  • A. E. Monaghan, Examiner of Commercial Practices