New Zealand Gazette – 1985 – No. 188

Page 4435

✨ Price Order for Philippine Bananas



No. 188 4435

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 10 OCTOBER 1985

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER 1985

Price Order No. 325 (Philippine Bananas)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Timothy Martin Sheppard,
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. 325 and shall come
    into force on the 16th day of October 1985 in the North Island and
    on the 21st day of October in the South Island.

  2. (1) Price Order No. 320* 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. References in this order to metropolitan areas are references
    to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

  1. This order applies with respect to all Philippine bananas sold
    by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PHILIPPINE BANANAS

  1. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by
    any retailer for any Philippine bananas to which this order applies
    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—
    $1.73 a kilogram.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—
$1.75 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

  1. 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 Philippine
    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 all Philippine
    bananas to which this order applies sold by the retailer while
    approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

  1. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any
    Philippine 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 characters
    the following particulars:
    (a) The retail price a kilogram of the bananas.
    (b) The word "Philippine".


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  • Timothy Martin Sheppard, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry