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Counter-Inflation Act - Counter-Inflation (Price Control) (Frozen Chicken) (Ex-Factory Wholesale Price) (No. 12) Order 2009

FIJI ISLANDS

[LEGAL, NOTICE No. 45]

COUNTER-INFLATION ACT
(CAP. 73)
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Counter-Inflation (Price Control) (Frozen Chicken) (Ex-Factory Wholesale Price) (No. 12) Order 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 9 & 18 of the Counter-Inflation Act, the Prices and Incomes Board, with the approval of the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and National Planning, makes the following Order -

Citation and Commencement

1. This Order maybe cited as the Counter-Inflation (Price Control) (Frozen Chicken) (Ex-factory Wholesale Price) (No. 12) Order 2009 and comes into force on 24th July 2009.

Interpretation

2. In this Order -

"Frozen chicken" shall include all frozen meat derived from chicken.

"delivery cost" means the lesser of the following -

(a) the actual cost incurred; or

(b) the cost which would probably have been incurred for the provision of the same service under similar conditions in the ordinary course of business, if the service had been carried out by an independent person usually engaged in the business of carriage.

Maximum Prices

3.-(1) Subject to sub- paragraph (2) below, the price set out in the Schedule herein shall be the maximum ex-factory wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods mentioned therein may be sold in the area so specified in the schedule.

(2) Where the maximum price of an item listed in the schedule is required to be rounded up to the nearest whole number by reason of the cessation of the 1 cent and 2 cents denominations, the consequential increase in the price of that item does not constitute a contravention of this Order.

Maximum prices Schedule

4.-(1) The prices set out in Part 1 of the Schedule shall be the maximum prices at which the goods mentioned in the said Part may be sold and delivered ex-factory.

(2) Ex-factory wholesale delivered prices shall apply from the factory to the areas designated in Part 2 of the Schedule.

(3) Non-designated areas shall be regulated by Part 3 of the Schedule.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

5. Ex-factory wholesalers must state Value Added Tax (VAT) separately in the invoice provided at the time of sale.

Revocation

6. The Counter-Inflation (Price Control) (Frozen Chicken) (Ex-factory Wholesale Price) (No. 21) Order 2008 is revoked.

SCHEDULE
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PART 1

PART 2

Ex-factory wholesale delivered price shall apply to the following areas -

(a) The cities of Suva and Lautoka;

(b) The towns of Ba, Lami, Nadi, Sigatoka, Tavua, Nausori and Nasinu; and

(i) from the prescribed boundary of the city of Lautoka to the prescribed boundary of the town of Nadi, to a with of 3 kilometres from the centre point of the Queen's Road on both sides of that road; and

(ii) from the prescribed boundary of the city of Lautoka to the prescribed boundary of the town of Ba, to a with of 3 kilometres from the centre point of the King's Road on both sides of that road.

(c) The areas on the island of Viti Levu within a radius of 5 kilometres from any of the post offices situated at Korovou, Navua or Rakiraki.

PART 3

For non-designated areas -

(a) Reasonable delivery costs may be charged for all other areas on the island of Viti Levu not included in Part 2:

Provided that such charges shall relate only to the cost of delivery beyond the areas specified in the said Part; and

(b) Ex-factory wholesalers may, in addition to the prices specified in Part I of the Schedule, charge a delivery cost if they deliver to any place outside Viti Levu.

Made this 21^st day of July 2009.

L. NAIMAWI
Acting Secretary
Prices and Incomes Board

Approved by me this 21^st day of July 2009.

J.V. BAINIMARAMA
Prime Minister and Minister
for Finance and National Planning