New Zealand Gazette – 1984 – No. 84

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✨ Price Order for Island Bananas

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 84

Price Order No. 278 (Island Bananas)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Wayne Eric Scanlan, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry, hereby make the following price order:

This order may be cited as Price Order No. 278 and shall come into force on the 29th day of May 1984.
(1) Price Order No. 265* 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.

References in this order to metropolitan areas are references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

This order applies with respect to Island bananas, sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ISLAND BANANAS

(1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for Island bananas designated as being Premium grade by Fruit Distributors Limited and delivered to any retailer cluster-packed in cartons, and offered for sale in clusters, 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, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, Alexandra, or Invercargill—

$1.51 a kilogram.

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

$1.53 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 lot shall be computed to the nearest whole cent.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

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 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 Island bananas to which the order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any 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 character the following particulars:

(a) The retail price a kilogram of the bananas.

(b) The word “Island”.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of Metropolitan Area	Districts Included Therein
Auckland ...............	The Cities of Auckland, East Coast Bays, Mount Albert, Takapuna and Birkenhead, the Boroughs of Devonport, Ellerslie, Glen Eden, Henderson, Howick, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu.
Wellington ............	The Cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua, the Boroughs of Eastbourne, Petone, and Tawa, and the District Community of Wainuiomata.
Christchurch ..........	The City of Christchurch, the Borough of Riccarton, and the Counties of Heathcote and Waimairi.
Dunedin ...............	The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of Green Island, Port Chalmers, and St. Kilda.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 1984.

W. E. SCANLAN, Director, Commerce Division.

*New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1983. No. 112, p. 2459
(T. and I.)

Price 35c
BY AUTHORITY: P. D. HASSELBERG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1984
17093E—84PT

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Dated28 May 1984
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