Commonwealth Prices Board
July 1916 – November 1918
Previously Commonwealth Prices Adjustment Board (1916). Renamed Commonwealth Prices Advisory Board in 1918.
Five-member Commonwealth board that inquired into prices and recommended maximum prices for foodstuffs, declared necessary commodities and certain services during the First World War.
Names over time
- Commonwealth Prices Adjustment Board1916
- Commonwealth Prices Board1916–1918
- Commonwealth Prices Advisory Board1918–1920
How it came into existence
Constituted by regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Prices) Regulations 1916, made under the War Precautions Act 1914 in July 1916, which set up a five-member Commonwealth Prices Board and provided that the existing Commonwealth Prices Adjustment Board would become that Board.
Legislation: War Precautions Act 1914 (War Precautions (Prices) Regulations 1916)
How it ended
Renamed the Commonwealth Prices Advisory Board by amending regulations of November 1918, which also created the office of Chief Commissioner.
Main functions
- Inquiries into prices and costs
- Recommendations on maximum prices of foodstuffs and necessary commodities
- Price control of declared services
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Sources
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