EXTRAORDINARY

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT

No. 39                                               TUESDAY, 29th SEPTEMBER                                                  2020

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 89]   

FIJIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION ACT 2010 ________

Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission 

(Price Control) (Petroleum Prices) (No. 9) Order 

2020

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 44 of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act 2010, the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission, with the approval of the Minister, hereby makes this Order—

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (Price Control) (Petroleum Prices) (No. 9) Order 2020.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1 October 2020.

Interpretation

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Bulk Sale” means the sale of the goods specified in the schedules where the goods sold in a single transaction exceed a truck load; and

“Drum Sale” means the sale of the goods specified in the schedules where the goods sold are safely stored in industrial drums.

Maximum prices

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the prices set out in schedules 1 to 6 are the maximum retail or wholesale prices, 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 at the point of sale 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 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, the prices referred to in order 3 include the cost of packaging.

Prices to be marked or displayed

11.—(1) Any person selling by retail any of the goods specified in any of the schedules 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 individual packets or containers, a retailer complies with this order if the retailer 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 Value Added Tax (VAT) separately in the invoice provided at the time of sale.

Revocation

1. The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (Price Control) (Petroleum Prices) (No. 8) Order 2020 is revoked.

Approved this 29th day of September 2020.

F. S. KOYA

 Minister for Commerce and Trade

Made this 29th day of September 2020.

J. YOUNG

Chairperson Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission SCHEDULE 1

(Order 4)

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ANY AREA ON THE ISLAND OF VITI LEVU LOCATED

WITHIN 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

SCHEDULE 2

(Order 5)

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ANY AREA ON THE ISLAND OF VITI LEVU LOCATED

BEYOND 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

SCHEDULE 3

(Order 6)

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ANY AREA ON THE ISLANDS OF VANUA LEVU AND OVALAU 

LOCATED WITHIN 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

SCHEDULE 4

(Order 7)

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ANY AREA ON THE ISLANDS OF VANUA LEVU AND OVALAU 

LOCATED BEYOND 3 KILOMETRES FROM ANY PUBLIC ROAD

SCHEDULE 5

(Order 8)

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ANY AREA WITHIN THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI OTHER THAN THE 

ISLANDS MENTIONED IN SCHEDULES 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 6

SCHEDULE 6

(Order 9)

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ANY AREA ON THE ISLAND OF ROTUMA

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