New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRICES REGULATION ACT 1948

- As at 6 July 2009
- Act 26 of 1948

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Name of Act and commencement
   2.      (Repealed)
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Act not to apply to government monopoly services
           4-8. (Repealed)
   8A.     Furnishing of reports etc at Minister’s direction
   8B.     Inquiry by Tribunal
   8C.     Application by person to Tribunal to hold inquiry
   8D.     Notice of inquiry by Tribunal
   8E.     Parties to inquiries
   8F.     Procedure at inquiries
   9.      Powers of Tribunal on inquiry
   10.     Failure of witness to appear
   11.     Failure to be sworn, produce documents, or answer questions
   12.     Affirmation in lieu of oath
   13.     Power to obtain information
   14.     Production of balance-sheets and other accounts and statements
   15.     Power to enter premises and inspect documents
   16.     Preventing authorised officer from entering premises etc
   17.     Tribunal may require returns to be furnished
   18.     Proclaimed areas
   19.     Power to declare goods and services
   20.     Determination of maximum prices, rates etc
   21.     Sale of goods and supply of service in one transaction
   22.     Transactions may be declared to be sales
   23.     Power to prohibit certain transactions
   24.     Power of Minister to suspend order etc
   25.     Power to prohibit sale of goods or supply of services before maximum price or rate fixed
   26.     Inter-wholesale transactions
   27.     Inter-retail transactions
   28.     Statements that prices have been approved by the Tribunal prohibited without its approval
   29.     Sale of goods subject to condition to refund excess price prohibited
   30.     Offence to sell at price higher than maximum price
   31.     Charging excessive rate for services, an offence
   32.     Sale of declared goods with undeclared goods etc
   33.     Offering to pay higher price for declared goods etc
   34.     Delivery of goods less in quantity or inferior in quality to those sold
   35.     Production of genuine invoices as evidence
   36.     Prosecutions where price fixed is lower or lowest of more than one price
   37.     Meaning of “wholesale” and “retail”
   38.     Refusal etc to sell at fixed prices
   39.     Refusal to perform service at declared rate
   40.     (Repealed)
   41.     Speculating in goods
   42.     Corners and restrictions on circulation of goods
   43.     Forfeiture of goods by Minister
   44.     Seizure and disposal of forfeited goods
   45.     Sales by auction
   46.     Payment to former owner of whole or portion of proceeds of sale
   47.     Delivery of invoice or docket with declared goods
   48.     (Repealed)
   49.     Power to requisition goods
   50.     Particulars with respect to declared goods and declared services to be exhibited
   51.     Advertisements as to declared goods
   52.     Tickets etc to be attached to declared goods
   53.     Manner in which notice in writing may be given
   54.     Application of orders etc
   55.     Delegation
   56.     Saving of powers under certain Acts
   57.     Books, accounts etc to be kept and preserved
   58.     Administrative policy
   59.     Offences and penalties
   60.     Regulations
   61.     Proceedings for offences
   62.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
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