Prices Act 1948 (SA)

South Australia Prices Act 1948 An Act relating to the control of prices; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—Administration 4 Commissioner for Prices 5 Administration of this Act 6 Authorised officers 7 Delegations 8 Secrecy 9 Obtaining of information 10 Entry and inspection 11 Hindering authorised officer 11A Personating authorised officer 12 Accounts and records in relation to certain declared goods and services 13 Prices committees 14 Members of price committee 15 Period and conditions of appointment of committee 16 Duty of committees 17 Quorum and majority decision Part 3—Declared goods and services 19 Power to declare goods and services Part 4—Fixing of prices of goods and services 21 Determination of maximum prices 22 Price to include wrapping 24 Determination of maximum rates in relation to supply of services 25 Sales and supplies at prices above fixed maximum 26 Variation of agreements 27 Maximum prices not to be evaded by use of intermediaries 29 Refusal etc to sell at fixed prices 30 Alteration of container size 31 Offering to pay prices or rates above the maximum Part 5—General 43 Application of proclamations and notices 44 Commencement of proclamations and orders 45 Variation of proclamations 46 Knowledge of offences 47 Proof of fixing of prices 47A Service of notices 49 Destroying and hiding documents etc 50 Offences 50A Prosecutions 51 Regulations Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Prices Act 1948. 3—Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— authorised officer means a person who is an authorised officer under section 6; the Commissioner means the Commissioner for Prices; committee means a prices committee appointed under this Act; declared goods means any goods, which are, pursuant to a proclamation for the time being in force under this Act, declared goods; declared service means any service which is, pursuant to a proclamation for the time being in force under this Act, a declared service; land includes any estate or interest in land; price includes the value of any non-pecuniary consideration (whether direct or indirect); purchase includes taking on hire or lease; and purchaser has a corresponding meaning; retail connotes a sale for the purpose of consumption or use; service means a service supplied on a commercial basis, and includes— (a) any such service available from the Crown or a statutory authority (including transport and the supply of water, gas or electricity); and (b) a right to a service; to sell includes to offer for sale; to supply includes to offer to supply; wholesale connotes a sale for the purpose of resale. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a person offers goods for sale if that person— (a) publishes a price for the goods in a price list; or (b) exposes the goods for sale, or apparently for sale, in a shop or elsewhere; or (c) quotes a price for the sale of the goods; or (d) otherwise suggests or implies that the goods are for sale. (3) For the purposes of this Act, a price may be expressed as a rate. (4) Nothing in this Act authorises regulation or control of the price for which an employee provides a service for an employer.