S.I. No. 49/1976 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1976.

S.I. No. 49 of 1976.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 2) ORDER, 1976.

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. 2) Order, 1976.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1976.

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) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1976 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number (1)	Brand of Cigarettes (2)	Maximum Prices (3)
1	"Broadleaf"		37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
2	"Springfields"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
3	"Carrolls Number 1"		40p per packet of twenty 20p per packet of ten
4	"Major Extra Size"		43p per packet of twenty 21½p per packet of ten
5	"Sweet Afton"		47p per packet of twenty 23½p per packet of ten
6	"Rothmans King Size"		46p per packet of twenty 23p per packet of ten
7	"Consulate Menthol"		43p per packet of twenty 21½p per packet of ten
8	"Peter Stuyvesant"	46p per packet of twenty
9	"Craven Filter King Size"	46p per packet of twenty
10	"Dunhill International"	49p per packet of twenty
11	"Gold Bond"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
12	"Park Drive" (tipped)	31p per packet of twenty
13	"Cadets"	31p per packet of twenty
14	"Albany"		37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
15	"Silk Cut"		40p per packet of twenty 20p per packet of ten
16	"B & H Special Filter"		46p per packet of twenty 23p per packet of ten
17	"Park Drive" (plain)	37p per packet of twenty
18	"Senior Service"	46p per packet of twenty
19	"Player's No. 6"		37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
20	"Embassy"		40p per packet of twenty 20p per packet of ten
21	"Embassy Extra Mild"		37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
22	"Gold Leaf"		40p per packet of twenty 20p per packet of ten
23	"John Player Special"	46p per packet of twenty
24	"Cigarella King Size"	43p per packet of twenty
25	"Woodbine"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
26	"Gold Flake"		47p per packet of twenty 23½p per packet of ten
27	"Player's Medium Navy Cut"		47p per packet of twenty 23½p per packet of ten
28	"Player's Mild Navy Cut"		47p per packet of twenty 23½p per packet of ten
29	"Churchman's No. 1"	48p per packet of twenty
30	"Silk Cut King Size"	44p per packet of twenty
31	"Rothmans Pall Mall"		35p per packet of twenty 17½p per packet of ten
32	"Grand Parade"		33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
33	"Richmond"		30p per packet of twenty 15p per packet of ten
34	"Carrolls Select Virginia"	48p per packet of twenty
35	"John Player Classic"		40p per packet of twenty 20p per packet of ten
36	"John Player Kings"	43p per packet of twenty
37	"Gauloises Filter"	42p per packet of twenty
38	"Gauloises Plain"	48p per packet of twenty
39	"Gauloises Disque Bleu"	42p per packet of twenty
40	"Gitanes Filter"	44p per packet of twenty
41	"Gitanes Plain"	49p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 26th day of February, 1976.

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.