S.I. No. 99/1978 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1978


S.I. No. 99 of 1978.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1978

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, 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), the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1977 ), hereby orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1978.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1978.

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, 1977 ( S.I. No. 383 of 1977 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

46p per packet of twenty

23p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

47p per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

46p per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

50p per packet of twenty

5

"Rothman King Size"

47p per packet of twenty

23½p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

47p per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

47p per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

47p per packet of twenty

23½p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

46p per packet of twenty

23p per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

45p per packet of twenty

22½p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

43p per packet of twenty

21 ½p per packet of ten

12

"Afton Mild"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

13

"Grand Parade"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

47p per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

46p per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Blue"

46p per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls King Size"

47p per packet of twenty

23½p per packet of ten

18

"Richmond Filter"

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

19

"Players No. 6"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Extra Mild"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

21

"Woodbine"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

23

"Gold Leaf"

45p per packet of twenty

22½p per packet of ten

24

"John Player King Size"

44p per packet of twenty

25

"John Player King Size Extra Mild"

44p per packet of twenty

26

"Embassy King Size"

44p per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special"

48p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella King Size"

48p per packet of twenty

29

"More"

50p per packet of twenty

30

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

46p per packet of twenty

23p per packet of ten

31

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

46p per packet of twenty

23p per packet of ten

32

"Gold Flake"

46p per packet of twenty

23p per packet of ten

33

"Churchman's No. 1"

47p per packet of twenty

34

"Gold Bond"

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

35

"Silk Cut"

45p per packet of twenty

22½p per packet of ten

36

"Silk Cut King Size"

47p per packet of twenty

37

"Albany"

43p per packet of twenty

21½p per packet of ten

38

"Park Drive Plain"

43p per packet of twenty

39

"Senior Service Plain"

46p per packet of twenty

40

"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter"

47p per packet of twenty

23½p per packet of ten

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce

and Energy this 31st day of March, 1978.

CORMAC O'CONNOR

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce

and Energy 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.