S.I. No. 25/1984 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1984.


S.I. No. 25 of 1984.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1984.

The Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism, 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 Trade, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 384 of 1983 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1984.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 30th day of January, 1984.

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 by retail 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. 4) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 299 of 1983 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

72p

per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

£1.52

per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

73p

per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

73p

per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

£1.43

per packet of twenty

71½p

per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

£1.42

per packet of twenty

71p

per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

12

"Afton Mild"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

13

"Grand Parade"

£1.37

per packet of twenty

68½p

per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls No. 1 King Size"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

18

"Richmond Filter"

£1.33

per packet of twenty

66½p

per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

69½p

per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Low Tar"

£1.40

per packet of twenty

21

"Woodbine"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

69½p

per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

£1.40

per packet of twenty

23

"Gold Leaf"

£1.42

per packet of twenty

24

"John Player King Size"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

69½p

per packet of ten

25

"John Player King Size Low Tar"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

69½p

per packet of ten

26

"Embassy King Size"

£1.43

per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special Extra"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella"

£1.45

per packet of twenty

29

"More"

£1.50

per packet of twenty

30

"More Menthol"

£1.50

per packet of twenty

31

"Player's Milk Navy Cut"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

72p

per packet of ten

32

"Embassy King Size Low Tar"

£1.43

per packet of twenty

33

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

72p

per packet of ten

34

"Gold Flake"

£1.44

per packet of twenty

72p

per packet of ten

35

"Churchman's No. 1"

£1.45

per packet of twenty

36

"Gold Bond"

£1.34

per packet of twenty

67p

per packet of ten

37

"Silk Cut"

£1.42

per packet of twenty

71p

per packet of ten

38

"Silk Cut King Size"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

39

"Lambert & Butler King Size"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

73p

per packet of ten

40

"Albany"

£1.40

per packet of twenty

70p

per packet of ten

41

"Park Drive Plain"

£1.39

per packet of twenty

42

"Senior Service Plain"

£1.37

per packet of twenty

43

"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

73p

per packet of ten

44

"Berkeley"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

45

"Carrolls Kings"

£1.45

per packet of twenty

46

"Silk Cut King Size Extra Mild"

£1.46

per packet of twenty

47

"Benson & Hedges Club Size"

£1.37

per packet of twenty

48

"Benson & Hedges Longer Length"

£1.51

per packet of twenty

49

"Carrolls Original Virginia"

£1.55

per packet of twenty

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

Commerce and Tourism, this 26th day of January, 1984.

JOHN DONLON,

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism 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.