3754
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 162

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 1984.

W. E. SCANLAN, Director, Commerce Division.
New Zealand Gazette, 26 March 1984, No. 46, p. 917.
(T. and I.)

Price Order No. 290 (Flour and Wheatmeal)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975 and in accordance with the provisions of the Price Freeze Regulations 1984, I, Wayne Eric Scanlan, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry, hereby make the following price order:

1. Title and commencement—This order may be cited as Price Order No. 290 and shall come into force on the 17th day of September 1984.

2. Revocations—(1) Price Order No. 282* 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. Application of order—This order applies to flour and wheatmeal.

4. Interpretation—In this price order—
   “Agent” means an agent appointed by the New Zealand Wheat Board to effect sales of flour and wheatmeal on its behalf;
   “Wholesaler” in relation to the sale of flour and wheatmeal means any person who sells those goods to any manufacturer or retailer;
   “Flour levy” means the amount payable to the Wheat Research Institute;
   “Excess railage” means the difference between the amount actually charged and the amount calculated at Class E rate according to the Railways Standard Schedules;
   “Minimum quantity lots” means the minimum quantities of flour and wheatmeal which will be supplied at the New Zealand Wheat Board’s list prices, but in no case exceeding 250 kilograms;
   “Wheatmeal” includes wholemeal.

5. New Zealand Wheat Board’s and Agents’ Selling Prices—Subject to the following provisions of this order, the maximum prices that may be charged or received by the New Zealand Wheat Board or its agents at the approved points of sale for any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies, which is sold in not less than minimum quantity lots, shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts (provided that the prices charged shall include only that part of the following amounts which relates to the quantity sold):

(a) The price for the pack concerned calculated at the following rates:

(These prices are for net weights, when packed, of flour or wheatmeal and, for payment within 14 days of delivery, are subject to 1½ percent discount of the above prices after they have been reduced by the actual monetary unit increase per tonne approved in this price order.)

NOTE—Prices of stoneground wheatmeal are subject to special approvals under clause 8 of this order.

(b) The cost (if applicable) of sacks.

(c) For areas where the terms of sale are “on rail”:
(i) The amount (if incurred) of “excess railage”;
(ii) Sorting, unloading, or tallying (if incurred at the rate for the station concerned.

(d) For areas where the terms of sale are “on wharf”:
(i) Railage (if incurred) where the buyer is situated within 35 kilometres of the port;
(ii) Sorting or tallying (if incurred) at the rate for the port concerned.

(f) Where the flour or wheatmeal is sold “ex New Zealand Wheat Board’s or its agent’s store”:
(i) The amount of any cartage incurred for delivery from mill, wharf, or rail to a store of the New Zealand Wheat Board or its agent, provided the amount so included shall not exceed the amount of the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at current transport rates;
(ii) Storage or through store charges at the approved rate for the area concerned.

(g) Any transport charges beyond the New Zealand Wheat Board’s point of sale, which are paid by the Board or its agent on behalf of the buyer.

Provided that if the maximum price so calculated is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent.

6. Wholesalers’ Prices in Respect of Sales to Manufacturers and Retailers—The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies, shall not exceed his lawful price for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Price Freeze Regulations 1984 increased by the actual monetary unit increase per tonne approved in the Price Order.

7. Retailers’ Prices for Flour and Wheatmeal—The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies shall not exceed his lawful price for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Price Freeze Regulations 1984 increased by the actual monetary unit increase per tonne approved in this Price Order.

8. Special Prices—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 the New Zealand Wheat Board or by any agent, wholesaler or retailer, may authorise alterations in prices or percentage margins in respect of any flour or wheatmeal to which this order applies that is sold while the order remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 1984.

W. E. SCANLAN, Director, Commerce Division.
New Zealand Gazette, 1 September 1983, No. 139, p. 2922
(T. and I.)

Price 35c

BY AUTHORITY: P. D. HASSELBERG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1984
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