S.I. No. 189/1976 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 3) Order, 1976

S.I. No. 189 of 1976.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (NO. 3) 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. 3) Order, 1976.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 16th day of August, 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 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, 1976 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1976 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number (1)	Brand of Cigarettes (2)	Maximum Prices (3)
1	"Broadleaf"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
2	"Springfields"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
3	"Carrolls Number 1"		41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
4	"Major Extra Size"		44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
5	"Sweet Afton"		48p per packet of twenty 24p per packet of ten
6	"Rothmans King Size"		47p per packet of twenty 23½p per packet ot ten
7	"Consulate Menthol"		44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
8	"Peter Stuyvesant"		47p per packet of twenty
9	"Craven Filter King Size"		47p per packet of twenty
10	"Dunhill International"		50p per packet of twenty
11	"Gold Bond"		34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
12	"Park Drive" (tipped)		32p per packet of twenty
13	"Cadets"		32p per packet of twenty
14	"Albany"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
15	"Silk Cut"		41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
16	"B & H Special Filter"		47p per packet of twenty 23½p per packet of ten
17	"Park Drive" (plain)		38p per packet of twenty
18	"Senior Service"		47p per packet of twenty
19	"Player's No. 6"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
20	"Embassy"		41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
21	"Embassy Extra Mild"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
22	"Gold Leaf"		41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
23	"John Player Special"		47p per packet of twenty
24	"Cigarella King Size"		44p per packet of twenty
25	"Woodbine"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
26	"Gold Flake"		48p per packet of twenty 24p per packet of ten
27	"Player's Medium Navy Cut"		48p per packet of twenty 24p per packet of ten
28	"Player's Mild Navy Cut"		48p per packet of twenty 24p per packet of ten
29	"Churchman's No. 1"		49p per packet of twenty
30	"Silk Cut King Size"		45p per packet of twenty
31	"Rothmans Pall Mall"		36p per packet of twenty 18p per packet of ten
32	"Grand Parade"		34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
33	"Richmond"		31p per packet of twenty 15½p per packet of ten
34	"Carrolls Select Virginia"		49p per packet of twenty
35	"Afton Mild"		38p per packet of twenty 19p per packet of ten
36	"John Player Classic"		41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
37	"John Player Kings"		44p per packet of twenty
38	"More"		50p per packet of twenty
39	"Gauloises Filter"		43p per packet of twenty
40	"Gauloises Plain"		49p per packet of twenty
41	"Gauloises Disque Bleu"		43p per packet of twenty
42	"Gitanes Filter"		45p per packet of twenty
43	"Gitanes Plain"		50p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and

Commerce, this 11th day of August, 1976.

J. T. GODFREY

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.