Petrol station inquiry
PA Auckland All five oil companies supplying the New Zealand market have been called to a public inquiry in Auckland next week to answer a complaint about their alleged efforts to line up petrol station purchases. The inquiry will be held by the Motor Spirits Licensing Authority which still holds a tight rein on petrol distribution in spite of Government intentions to deregulate the industry. Under the Motor Spirits
Distribution Act, oil wholesalers are prohibited from buying retail outlets. No actual sales are known to have taken place, but the Motor Trade Association, representing most of the country’s 3000 petrol outlets, argues that the companies are breaching the act by acquiring interests in retail businesses. The companies — BP, Caltex, Europa, Mobil, and Shell — deny the allegation.
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Press, 12 September 1986, Page 27
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