22 OCTOBER THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2921

Price Order No. 227 (Steel Products Manufactured by Pacific
Steel Ltd.)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, John Patrick Egan,
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. 227 and shall
   come into force on the 23rd day of October 1981.

2. (1) Price Order No. 210* 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. In this order;
   The expression "C and F" means "cost and freight".

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies to the following steel products manu-
   factured by Pacific Steel Limited:

Hot Rolled Steel Bars

1. Rounds
2. Squares
3. Flats
4. Angles
5. Channels

MAXIMUM PRICES TO BE CHARGED

5. (1) The maximum factory selling prices that may be charged
   or received by Pacific Steel Ltd. for any steel products to which
   this order applies shall be the basis price shown in this order, with
   adjustments in the form of extras as specified hereunder being
   made as appropriate.

(2) The maximum prices, as aforesaid, are fixed for deliveries
as follows:

(a) Within a radius of 65 kilometres of Otahuhu, free on truck
at mill.

(b) "C and F" railhead, Whangarei, Hamilton, Rotorua,
Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North,
New Plymouth, Wanganui, Masterton, Lower Hutt,
Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch and Invercargill.

(c) Landed on wharf or at railhead, where applicable, at Picton,
Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Nelson, Greymouth, Dunedin,
and Bluff. (wharfage to seller's account).

(d) For sales to other areas, the approved maximum selling
prices may be surcharged with the amount which does not
exceed the freight chargeable for transport of steel from
the nearest freight paid point mentioned above.

(3) The maximum basis price shall be $614.20 per tonne and
shall apply to reinforcing bar made in conformity with New Zealand
Standard 3402 P: 1973, grade 275 and angles, channels, flats,
squares and rounds made in conformity with British Standard
4360: grade 43A, or 43A1.

(4) The basis price shall cover the following sizes:
Rounds 20 mm diameter and over
Squares 12 mm to 75 mm
Flats All shapes and sizes not included in 6 (1)
below.
Angles

(5) The basis price shall cover lengths from 5 m to 10 m.

(6) The basis price shall cover orders 4 tonnes and over in one
size, thickness or diameter, in one quality to one destination.

EXTRAS

6. The maximum charges for extras which may be added to the
   basis price as appropriate are as follows:

(1) Size

Rounds—

Reinforcing and Engineering:

Per Tonne
$ c
6 mm .. .. .. .. .. 30 00
10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 24 00
12 mm .. .. .. .. .. 20 00
16 mm .. .. .. .. .. 5 00

Squares— Per Tonne
$ c
10 mm .. .. .. .. .. 20 00

Flats—
25 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. 25 00
25 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. 22 00
30 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. 25 00
30 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. 15 00
40 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. .. 20 00
40 mm × 10 mm .. .. .. .. 10 00
50 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. 5 00
60 mm × 6 mm .. .. .. .. 5 00

Angles—
25 mm × 25 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. 30 00
30 mm × 30 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. 25 00
40 mm × 40 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. 15 00
50 mm × 50 mm × 5 mm .. .. .. 10 00

Channels—
76 mm × 38 mm × 6.5 kg/m .. .. .. 30 00
102 mm × 51 mm × 10 kg/m .. .. .. 10 00

(2) Quantity

For quantities of one size, quality and length for one destination.

Per Tonne
$ c
1 tonne to under 4 tonnes .. .. .. 10 00
Minimum order for Bar 1 tonne
Minimum order for Coil 2 tonnes.
Where quantities under 10 tonnes of an item incur any extra
freight, cartage or other charges, such charges are to customers
account.

(3) Length Per Tonne
$ c
Over 10 m to 12 m .. .. .. .. 3 00
Over 12 m to 15 m .. .. .. .. 5 00
Lengths over 15 m by arrangement with Mill.

(4) Extra for exact length or cutting to other than standard
specification cutting tolerance by arrangement with Mill.

(5) Specification Per Tonne
$ c
BS 4360 grades 43A or 43A1 .. .. Basis
NZS 3402P: grade 275 plain or deformed .. Basis
NZS 3402P: grade 380 plain .. .. 12 00
NZS 3402P: grade 380 deformed .. .. 17 00
Steels to other specifications by arrangement with mill.

(6) Bar Count Per Tonne
$ c
Applicable to rounds 24 mm and above (at mill
option) .. .. .. .. .. 2 00

(7) Packaging
Normal packaging of rounds 10–14 mm diameter inclusive in
nominal 2 tonne bundles;
An extra of $5.00 per tonne shall apply where orders specify
that packaging must be in 1 tonne bundles.

DEDUCTIONS

1. Coil
   Steel supplied in coil form either plain or deformed deduct $4.00
   per tonne.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of October 1981.
J. P. EGAN,
Director, Commerce Division.

*Gazette, No. 77, 2 July 1981, p. 1820
(T. and I.)