South Australia
Prices Act 1948
An Act relating to the control of prices; and for other purposes.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
3Interpretation
Part 2—Administration
4Commissioner for Prices
5Administration of this Act
6Authorised officers
7Delegations
8Secrecy
9Obtaining of information
10Entry and inspection
11Hindering authorised officer
11APersonating authorised officer
12Accounts and records in relation to certain declared goods and services
13Prices committees
14Members of price committee
15Period and conditions of appointment of committee
16Duty of committees
17Quorum and majority decision
Part 3—Declared goods and services
19Power to declare goods and services
Part 4—Fixing of prices of goods and services
21Determination of maximum prices
22Price to include wrapping
24Determination of maximum rates in relation to supply of services
25Sales and supplies at prices above fixed maximum
26Variation of agreements
27Maximum prices not to be evaded by use of intermediaries
29Refusal etc to sell at fixed prices
30Alteration of container size
31Offering to pay prices or rates above the maximum
Part 5—General
43Application of proclamations and notices
44Commencement of proclamations and orders
45Variation of proclamations
46Knowledge of offences
47Proof of fixing of prices
47AService of notices
49Destroying and hiding documents etc
50Offences
50AProsecutions
51Regulations
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.