187Notice of alteration of tax

1. On the making of any alteration to the scale of tax to be levied in any tax area, the principal administrative officer of the distribution authority shall forthwith—

2. give public notice, which shall be published in newspapers circulating in the tax area, in the form set out in Schedule 8, of the alteration of the tax, of the date on which it becomes effective, and of the tax area to which it applies; and
3. send to every wholesale distributor at his head office for New Zealand a notice to the same effect; and
4. send to the Secretary of Trade and Industry a notice to the same effect.