Every wholesaler-distributor shall be bound to cede, transfer and advise the retailer of any temperature adjustment received at its origin by said wholesaler-distributor for the amount of gasoline and/or special fuels purchased. This temperature adjustment shall in turn, be advised and transferred by the retailer to the consumer through a lowering of the price at the retail sales level. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall establish through regulations, within a term of one hundred and twenty (120) days from the approval of this act, a system that guarantee that said transfer will be received by the consumer. Provided, That the transfer for temperature adjustments, shall not commence until this mechanism has been established. History —Mar. 21, 1978, No. 3, p. 15, added as § 5A Aug. 21, 1996, No. 157, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
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