Price Exploitation Prevention Act 1949
52Tickets etc. to be attached to declared goods
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52 Tickets etc. to be attached to declared goods (1) The Controller may, by order, require any person who sells or has for sale any declared goods the maximum price of which is fixed by or under this Act, to attach to, or display with, such of those goods as the Controller specifies, a ticket or label in such form as the Controller determines, setting forth such particulars relating to those goods as the Controller specifies, or otherwise to mark them with those particulars in such manner as the Controller determines. (2) 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, in an order made under this section, specify 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.
Price Exploitation Prevention Act 38 (4) 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: (i) after the date specified under subsection (3); (ii) on the date on which the order is revoked; or (iii) after the expiry of the order under section 20 fixing and declaring the maximum price of the goods or service to which the order made under this section relates, whichever is earlier.