S.I. No. 201/1975 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 3) Order, 1975.


S.I. No. 201 of 1975.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (NO. 3) ORDER, 1975.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 3) Order, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of September, 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, 1975 ( S.I. No. 147 of 1975 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Broadleaf"

33p per packet of twenty

16½p per packet of ten

2

"Springfields"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

3

"Carrolls Number I"

36p per packet of twenty

18p per packet of ten

4

"Sweet Afton filter"

36p per packet of twenty

18p per packet of ten

5

"Major Extra Size"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

6

"High Kings"

42p per packet of twenty

7

"Sweet Afton"

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

8

"Rothmans King Size"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

9

"Consulate Menthol"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

10

"Peter Stuyvesant"

41p per packet of twenty

11

"Craven Filter King Size"

41p per packet of twenty

12

"Dunhill International"

44p per packet of twenty

13

"Gold Bond"

29p per packet of twenty

14½p per packet of ten

14

"Park Drive" (tipped)

28p per packet of twenty

15

"Cadets"

28p per packet of twenty

16

"Albany"

33p per packet of twenty

16½p per packet of ten

17

"Silk Cut"

36p per packet of twenty

18p per packet of ten

18

"B & H Special Filter"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

19

"Park Drive" (plain)

33p per packet of twenty

16½p per packet of ten

20

"Senior Service"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

21

"Player's No. 6"

33p per packet of twenty

16½p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy"

36p per packet of twenty

18p per packet of ten

23

"Embassy Extra Mild"

36p per packet of twenty

18p per packet of ten

24

"Gold Leaf"

36p per packet of twenty

18p per packet of ten

25

"Player's No. 10"

31p per packet of twenty

15½p per packet of ten

26

"Kingsway King Size"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

27

"John Player Special"

41p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella King Size"

39p per packet of twenty

29

"Churchman's Super Size"

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

30

"Woodbine"

34p per packet of twenty

17p per packet of ten

31

"Gold Flake"

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

32

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

33

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

34

"Churchman's No. 1"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

35

"Silk Cut King Size"

39½p per packet of twenty

36

"Rothmans Pall Mall"

31p per packet of twenty

15½p per packet of ten

37

"Grand Parade"

29p per packet of twenty

14½p per packet of ten

38

"Richmond"

27p per packet of twenty

13½p per packet of ten

39

"Carrolls Select Virginia"

43p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 26th day of August, 1975.

JOHN DONOVAN.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and

Commerce to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

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.