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S.I. No. 12/1975 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 12 of 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1975.

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, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 22nd day of January, 1975.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 335 of 1974 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Broadleaf"

31p per packet of twenty

15½p per packet of ten

2

"Springfields"

32p per packet of twenty

16p per packet of ten

3

"Carrolls Number I"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

4

"Sweet Afton filter"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

5

"Major Extra Size"

37p per packet of twenty

18½p per packet of ten

6

"High Kings"

40p per packet of twenty

7

"Sweet Afton

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

8

"Rothmans King Size"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

9

"Consulate Menthol"

37p per packet of twenty

18½p per packet of ten

10

"Peter Stuyvesant"

39p per packet of twenty

11

"Craven Filter King Size"

39p per packet of twenty

12

"Dunhill International"

42p per packet of twenty

13

"Gold Bond"

29p per packet of twenty

14½p per packet of ten

14

"Park Drive" (tipped)

26p per packet of twenty

15

"Cadets"

26p per packet of twenty

16

"Albany"

31p per packet of twenty

15½p per packet of ten

17

"Silk Cut"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

18

"B & H Special Filter"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

19

"Park Drive" (plain)

31p per packet of twenty

15½p per packet of ten

20

"Senior Service"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

21

"Player's No. 6"

31p per packet of twenty

15½p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

23

"Embassy Extra Mild"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

24

"Gold Leaf"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

25

"Player's No. 10"

29p per packet of twenty

14½p per packet of ten

26

"Kingsway King Size"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

27

"John Player Special"

39p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella King Size"

37p per packet of twenty

29

"Churchman's Super Size"

38p per packet of twenty

19p per packet of ten

30

"Woodbine"

32p per packet of twenty

16p per packet of ten

31

"Gold Flake"

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

32

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

33

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

34

"Churchman's No. 1"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

35

"Silk Cut King Size"

37½p per packet of twenty

36

"Rothmans Pall Mall"

29p per packet of twenty

14½p per packet of ten

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of January, 1975.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order fixes the maximum prices at which the brands of cigarettes set out in the Schedule to the Order, may be sold by retail. It also prohibits the sale of cigarettes otherwise than in packets of ten or multiples of ten.