S.I. No. 104/1974 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1974.

S.I. No. 104 of 1974.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1974.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 (No. 23 of 1965)) of the Prices Act, 1958 (No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1974.

2. The maximum prices at which cigarettes of a brand mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at a reference number may be sold is hereby fixed at the prices mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

3. Cigarettes of any brand mentioned in the Schedule to this Order shall not be sold otherwise than in packets of ten or multiples of ten.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number (1)	Brand of Cigarettes (2)	Maximum Prices (3)
1	"Broadleaf"		25p per packet of twenty 12½p per packet of ten
2	"Springfields"		26p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
3	"Carrolls Number 1"		28p per packet of twenty 14p per packet of ten
4	"Sweet Afton Filter"		28p per packet of twenty 14p per packet of ten
5	"Major Extra Size"		30p per packet of twenty 15p per packet of ten
6	"High Kings"	33p per packet of twenty
7	"Sweet Afton"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
8	"Rothmans King Size"		32p per packet of twenty 16p per packet of ten
9	"Consulate Menthol"		29½p per packet of twenty 15p per packet of ten
10	"Peter Stuyvesant"	32p per packet of twenty
11	"Craven Filter King Size"	32p per packet of twenty
12	"Dunhill International"	35p per packet of twenty
13	"Gold Bond"		23p per packet of twenty 11½p per packet of ten
14	"Park Drive" (tipped)	22p per packet of twenty
15	"Cadets"	22p per packet of twenty
16	"Albany"		25p per packet of twenty 12½p per packet of ten
17	"Silk Cut"		28p per packet of twenty 14p per packet of ten
18	"B & H Special Filter"		32p per packet of twenty 16p per packet of ten
19	"Park Drive" (plain)		25½p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
20	"Senior Service"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
21	"Player's No. 6"		26p per packet of twenty 12½p pet packet of ten
22	"Corsair"		25½p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
23	"Embassy"		28p per packet of twenty 14p per packet of ten
24	"Embassy Extra Mild"		28p per packet of twenty 14p per packet of ten
25	"Gold Leaf"		28p per packet of twenty 14p per packet of ten
26	"Player's No. 10"		23p per packet of twenty 11½p per packet of ten
27	"Gladstone Filter"	29½p per packet of twenty
28	"HB Crown"	31½p per packet of twenty
29	"Kool Mild Menthol Filter Kings"	31½p per packet of twenty
30	"Kingsway King Size"		32p per packet of twenty 16p per packet of ten
31	"John Player Special"	32p per packet of twenty
32	"Cigarella King Size"	31½p per packet of twenty
33	"Churchman's Super Size"		31p per packe of twenty 15½p per packet of ten
34	"Woodbine"		26p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
35	"Gold Flake"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
36	"Player's Medium Navy Cut"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
37	"Player's Mild Navy Cut"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
38	"Churchman's No. 1"	34p per packet of twenty
39	"Silk Cut King Size"	31½p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of April, 1974.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum prices, inclusive of Value Added Tax, at which cigarettes, as defined in the Order, may be sold by retail. It also prohibits the sale of cigarettes otherwise than in packets of ten or multiples of ten.