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4 1958

PRICES ACT, 1958

PART II.

Prices Advisory Committees.

Constitution of Prices Advisory Committees.

9. —(1) The Minister may from time to time by warrant under his hand constitute such and so many bodies of persons as he thinks fit, each of which bodies shall be called a Prices Advisory Committee and is in this Act referred to as an Advisory Committee.

(2) The warrant constituting an Advisory Committee shall state the names of the persons who are to be members of it.

(3) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to each Advisory Committee.

Functions of an Advisory Committee.

10. —(1) The functions of an Advisory Committee shall be to enquire into, and report to the Minister upon, such of the following matters as may be specified in the warrant constituting it, namely—

(a) the prices charged for the commodity specified in the warrant by manufacturers thereof,

(b) the methods of marketing that commodity by manufacturers thereof,

(c) the charges made for rendering the service specified in the warrant by persons rendering it,

(d) the methods of rendering that service by persons rendering it.

(2) An enquiry by an Advisory Commitee shall, as may be specified in the warrant constituting it, be—

(a) general, or

(b) relate to a particular area or to prices charged or charges made under particular conditions, or be otherwise limited in its scope.

(3) An Advisory Committee shall report to the Minister not later than the date specified in that behalf in the warrant constituting it, and, if it reports that the prices or charges specified in its report are unduly high owing to causes within the control of manufacturers or of persons rendering services or to undue labour costs, shall state whether in its opinion circumstances are such as to require the Minister to make an order under section 14 of this Act fixing maximum prices or charges.

Dissolution of Advisory Committees.

11. —(1) Where the warrant constituting an Advisory Committee provides for the date of its dissolution, it shall stand dissolved on that date unless it has prior thereto furnished its report to the Minister, in which case it shall stand dissolved immediately after furnishing its report.

(2) Where the warrant constituting an Advisory Committee does not provide for the date of its dissolution, it shall stand dissolved immediately after furnishing its report to the Minister.

Notice of constitution of an Advisory Committee.

12. —Where the Minister constitutes an Advisory Committee, he shall cause to be published, in such manner as he thinks fit, notice of its constitution and of the matters into which it is to enquire.