Power to prohibit sale of goods or supply of services before maximum price or rate fixed
25 Power to prohibit sale of goods or supply of services before maximum price or rate fixed
(1) The Controller or a Deputy Controller may, by order, provide that a person shall not sell any declared goods, or supply or carry on any declared service, unless and until that person has made a written request to the Controller or Deputy Controller to fix the maximum price at which the goods may be sold or the maximum rate at which the service may be supplied or carried on and the Controller or Deputy Controller has fixed the maximum price or the maximum rate accordingly.
A person must comply with an order made under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 100 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(3) The Controller must specify in an order made under this section the date, not more than 12 months after the date on which the order is made, after which the order is to cease to be of effect.
An order made under this section:
(a) is of no effect unless a date is specified in the order under subsection (3); and
(b) ceases to be of effect after the date specified under subsection (3), unless the order is earlier revoked.
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