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

GOODS / QUANTITY 

FROZEN CHICKEN	
EX-FACTORY WHOLESALE
DELIVERED PRICE EXCLUSIVE OF
VAT
	
1. Whole Bird	
$ c
	
per carton	12 x 0.8kg	54.70	
per carton	14 x 0.8kg	63.82	
per carton	10 x 0.9kg	50.65	
per carton	12 x 0.9kg	60.78	
per carton	10 x 1.0kg	55.37	
per carton	12 x 1.0kg	66.44	
per carton	9 x 1.1kg	54.27	
per carton	11 x 1.1kg	66.33	
per carton	9 x 1.2kg	58.78	
per carton	11 x 1.2kg	71.85	
per carton	8 x 1.3kg	56.26	
per carton	10 x l.3kg	70.33	
per carton	8 x 1.4kg	60.43	
per carton	10 x 1.4kg	75.53	
per carton	7 x 1.5kg	56.45	
per carton	9 x 1.5kg	72.58	
per carton	7 x 1.6kg	60.14	
per carton	9 x 1.6kg	77.32	
per carton	7 x 1.7kg	63.90	
per carton	9 x 1.7kg	82.15	
per carton	6 x 1.8kg	57.88	
per carton	8 x 1.8kg	77.18	
per carton	6 x 1.9kg	60.99	
per carton	8 x 1.9kg	81.32	
per carton	6 x 2.0kg	64.22	
per carton	8 x 2.0kg	85.62	
per carton	6 x 2.1kg	67.37	
per carton	8 x 2.1 kg	89.83	
per carton	6 x 2.2kg	70.48	
per carton	8 x 2.2kg	93.48	
per carton	5 x 2.3kg	61.34	
per carton	7 x 2.3kg	85.88	
per carton	5 x 2.4kg	63.99	
per carton	7 x 2.4kg	89.58	
All other sizes - per kg	5.26	

2. Chicken Portions and Offal	$ c	
Chicken Breast	per carton 10 x 500g	37.25	
Chicken Breast	tray packs - per kg	7.46	
Chicken Drumsticks	per carton 10 x 500g	32.81	
Chicken Drumsticks	tray packs - per kg	6.57	
Chicken Supreme	per carton 10 x 500g	61.61	
Chicken Supreme	ray packs - per kg	12.31	
Chicken Thighs	per carton 10 x 500g	26.73	
Chicken Thighs	tray packs - per kg	5.34	
Chicken Soup Pieces	per carton 12 x 1 kg	44.89	
Chicken Soup Pieces	tray packs - per kg	3.73	
Chicken Wings	per carton 10 x 500g	25.97	
Chicken Wings	tray packs - per kg	5.19	
Chicken Giblets	per carton 10 x 500g	34.12	
Chicken Giblets	tray packs - per kg	6.83	
Chicken Liver	per carton 10 x 500g	24.50	
Chicken Liver	tray packs - per kg	4.89	
Chicken Feet	per carton 10 x 1 kg	19.30	
Chicken Feet	per packs - per kg	1.94	
Chicken Mixed Portions	per carton 12 x 400g	29.62	
Chicken Mixed Portions	tray pack - per kg	6.18	
Chicken Half	per carton 10 x 500g	27.99	
Chicken Half	tray packs - per kg	5.59	
Chicken Leg Quarters
	per carton 10 x 500g	29.30	
3. Bulk Chicken Portions and Offal
			
Chicken Breast 	per kilo	6.25	
Chicken Drumsticks
Chicken Drumsticks and Thighs	per kilo
per kilo	5.55
5.21	
Chicken Thighs
Chicken Wings	per kilo
per kilo	4.90
4.60	
Chicken Boneless
Chicken Supreme	per kilo
per kilo	12.51
11.00	
Chicken Giblets
Chicken Liver	per kilo
per kilo	6.50
4.45	
Chicken Feet
Chicken Cocktail	per kilo
per kilo	1.66
3.74	
Chicken Nibble
Chicken 9 Piece Cuts	per kilo
per kilo	5.29
4.96	
Chicken Quick and Easy Packs 
Chicken Skinless and Boneless Thighs
	per kilo
per kilo	5.04
13.03	

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 21st day of July 2009.

L. NAIMAWI
Acting Secretary
Prices and Incomes Board

Approved by me this 21st day of July 2009.

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