GOVERNMENT OF FIJI GAZETTE  SUPPLEMENT

No. 33                                                   FRIDAY,14th OCTOBER                                                        2016

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 83]

COMMERCE COMMISSION DECREE 2010 (DECREE NO. 49 OF 2010)

Commerce (Price Control) (Petroleum Prices) (No. 3) Order 2016

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 44 of the Commerce Commission Decree 2010, the Fiji Commerce Commission, with the approval of the Minister, makes the following Order—

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Commerce (Price Control) (Petroleum Prices) (No. 3) Order 2016.

(2)  This Order comes into force on 15 October 2016.

Maximum prices

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the prices set out in Schedule 1 to Schedule 6 shall be the maximum retail or wholesale price, as the case may be, at which the goods mentioned therein may be sold in the areas so specified in the schedules.

(2) Where the maximum price of an item listed in the schedules 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.

Schedule 1

1. The prices set out in Schedule 1 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods specified in it may be sold in any area on the island of Viti Levu located within 3 kilometres from any public road.

Schedule 2

1. The prices set out in Schedule 2 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods specified in it may be sold in any area on the island of Viti Levu located beyond 3 kilometres from any public road.

Schedule 3

1. The prices set out in Schedule 3 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods specified in it may be sold in any area on the islands of Vanua Levu and Ovalau located within 3 kilometres from any public road.

Schedule 4

1. The prices set out in Schedule 4 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods specified in it may be sold in any area on the islands of Vanua Levu and Ovalau located beyond 3 kilometres from any public road.

Schedule 5

1. The prices set out in Schedule 5 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods specified in it may be sold in any area within Taveuni and within the Republic of Fiji other than the islands mentioned in Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.

Schedule 6

1. The prices set out in Schedule 6 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, as the case may be, at which the goods specified in it may be sold in any area on the island of Rotuma.

Packaging

1. Except where otherwise stated, prices referred to in order 2 includes the cost of packaging.

Prices to be marked or displayed

10.—(1) Any person having for sale by retail any of the goods specified in any schedule to this Order must cause the same to be legibly and conspicuously marked with the maximum retail price for the information of the public.

(2) If goods specified in any of the schedules are not displayed for sale in an individual packet or container, a retailer complies with this Order if he or she displays in a prominent position a legible and conspicuous notice clearly indicating those goods to which the notice relates and the maximum retail price of the goods.

Calculation of price

1. If the maximum price ascertained in any of the schedules includes a fraction of a cent, an amount of or in excess of one half (½) cent is to be reckoned as one cent, and an amount of less than one half (½) cent is to be ignored.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

1. Wholesalers must state the Value Added Tax (VAT) separately in the invoice provided at the time of sale.

Revocation

1. The Commerce (Price Control) (Petroleum Prices) (No. 2) Order 2016 is hereby revoked.

Approved this 14th day of October 2016.

1. SAYED-KHAIYUM Acting Minister for Industry and Trade

Made this 14th day of October 2016.

J. YOUNG Chairperson

Fiji Commerce Commission

SCHEDULE 1

ANY AREA ON THE ISLAND OF VITI LEVU LOCATED WITHIN 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

SCHEDULE 2

ANY AREA ON THE ISLAND OF VITI LEVU LOCATED BEYOND 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

ANY AREA ON THE ISLANDS OF VANUA LEVU AND OVALAU LOCATED WITHIN 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

SCHEDULE 4

ANY AREA ON THE ISLANDS OF VANUA LEVU AND OVALAU LOCATED BEYOND 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD