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S.I. No. 2/1980 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1980.

S.I. No. 2 of 1980.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1980.

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, 1980.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of January, 1980.

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, 1979 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1979 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

56p per packet of twenty

28p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

57p per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

56p per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

62p per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

57p per packet of twenty

28½p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

57p per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

57p per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

57p per packet of twenty

28½p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

56p per packet of twenty

28p per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

55p per packet of twenty

27½p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

12

"Afton Mild"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

13

"Grand Parade"

51 p per packet of twenty

25½p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

57p per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

56p per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

56p per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls King Size"

57p per packet of twenty

28½p per packet of ten

18

"Richmond Filter"

49p per packet of twenty

24½p per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

20

"Player's No. 6 King Size"

55p per packet of twenty

21

"Embassy Extra Mild"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

22

"Woodbine"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

23

"Embassy Filter"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

24

"Gold Leaf"

55p per packet of twenty

27½p per packet of ten

25

"John Player King Size"

55p per packet of twenty

26

"John Player King Size Extra Mild"

55p per packet of twenty

27

"Embassy King Size"

55p per packet of twenty

28

"John Player Special"

58p per packet of twenty

29

"Cigarella King Size"

58p per packet of twenty

30

"More"

60p per packet of twenty

31

"More Menthol"

60p per packet of twenty

32

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

56p per packet of twenty

28p per packet of ten

33

"Embassy King Size

Extra Mild"

55p per packet of twenty

34

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

56p per packet of twenty

28p per packet of ten

35

"Gold Flake"

56p per packet of twenty

28p per packet of ten

36

"Churchman's No. 1"

57p per packet of twenty

37

"Gold Bond"

51p per packet of twenty

25½p per packet of ten

38

Silk Cut"

55p per packet of twenty

27½p per packet of ten

39

"Silk Cut King Size"

57p per packet of twenty

40

"Albany"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

41

"Park Drive Plain"

53p per packet of twenty

42

"Senior Service Plain"

56p per packet of twenty

43

"Benson & Hedges King

57p per packet of twenty

 Size Special Filter"

28½p per packet of ten

44

"Benson & Hedges Supreme International"

62p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, this 4th day of January, 1980.

OWEN O'HARA.

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.