S.I. No. 335/1974 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1974.

S.I. No. 335 of 1974.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 2) ORDER, 1974.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 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 order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1974.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 23rd day of November, 1974.

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, 1974 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1974 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number	Brand of Cigarettes	Maximum Price
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	"Broadleaf"	26p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
2	"Springfields"	27p per packet of twenty 13½p per packet of ten
3	"Carrolls Number 1"	29p per packet of twenty 14½p per packet of ten
4	"Sweet Afton filter"	29p per packet of twenty 14½p per packet of ten
5	"Major Extra Size"	31p per packet of twenty 15½p per packet of ten
6	"High Kings"	34p per packet of twenty
7	"Sweet Afton"	34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
8	"Rothmans King Size"	33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
9	"Consulate Menthol"	31p per packet of twenty 15½p per packet of ten
10	"Peter Stuyvesant"	33p per packet of twenty
11	"Craven Filter King Size"	33p per packet of twenty
12	"Dunhill International"	36p per packet of twenty
13	"Gold Bond"	24p per packet of twenty 12p per packet of ten
14	"Park Drive" (tipped)	22p per packet of twenty
15	"Cadets"	22p per packet of twenty
16	"Albany"	26p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
17	"Silk Cut"	29p per packet of twenty 14½p per packet of ten
18	"B. & H. Special Filter"	33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
19	"Park Drive" (plain)	25½p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
20	"Senior Service"	33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
21	"Player's No. 6"	26p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
22	"Corsair"	25½p per packet of twenty 13p per packet of ten
23	"Embassy"	29p per packet of twenty 14½p per packet of ten
24	"Embassy Extra Mild"	29p per packet of twenty 14½p per packet of ten
25	"Gold Leaf"	29p per packet of twenty 14½ per packet of ten
26	"Player's No. 10"	24p per packet of twenty 12p per packet of ten
27	"Gladstone Filter"	29½p per packet of twenty
28	"HB Crown"	31½p per packet of twenty
29	"Kool Mild Menthol Filter Kings"	31½p per packet of twenty
30	"Kingsway King Size"	33p per packet of twenty 16½p per packet of ten
31	"John Player Special"	33p per packet of twenty
32	"Cigarella King Size"	31½p per packet of twenty
33	"Churchman's Super Size"	32p per packet of twenty 16p per packet of ten
34	"Woodbine"	27p per packet of twenty 13½p per packet of ten
35	"Gold Flake"	34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
36	"Player's Medium Navy Cut"	34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
37	"Player's Mild Navy Cut"	34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
38	"Churchman's No. 1"	35p per packet of twenty
39	"Silk Cut King Size"	31½p per packet of twenty
40	"Rothmans Pall Mall"	24p per packet of twenty 12p per packet of ten

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of November, 1974.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and

Commerce.

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.