S.I. No. 17/1976 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1976.

S.I. No. 17 of 1976.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) 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) Order, 1976.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 31st day of January, 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 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. 3) Order, 1975 ( S.I. No. 201 of 1975 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number (1)	Brand of Cigarettes (2)	Maximum Prices (3)
1	"Broadleaf"		36p per packet of twenty 18p per packet of ten
2	"Springfields"		37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
3	"Carrolls Number 1"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
4	"Major Extra Size"		42p per packet of twenty 21p per packet of ten
5	"Sweet Afton"		45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
6	"Rothmans King Size"		44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
7	"Consulate Menthol"		42p per packet of twenty 21p per packet of ten
8	"Peter Stuyvesant"		44p per packet of twenty
9	"Craven Filter King Size"		44p per packet of twenty
10	"Dunhill International"		47p per packet of twenty
11	"Gold Bond"		32p per packet of twenty 16p per packet of ten
12	"Park Drive" (tipped)		30p per packet of twenty
13	"Cadets"		30p per packet of twenty
14	"Albany"		36p per packet of twenty 18p per packet of ten
15	"Silk Cut"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
16	"B & H Special Filter"		44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
17	"Park Drive" (plain)		36p per packet of twenty
18	"Senior Service"		44p per packet of twenty
19	"Player's No. 6"		36p per packet of twenty 18p per packet of ten
20	"Embassy"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
21	"Embassy Extra Mild"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
22	"Gold Leaf"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
23	"John Player Special"		44p per packet of twenty
24	"Cigarella King Size"		42p per packet of twenty
25	"Woodbine"		37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
26	"Gold Flake"		45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
27	"Player's Medium Navy Cut"		45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
28	"Player's Mild Navy Cut"		45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
29	"Churchman's No. 1"		46p per packet of twenty
30	"Silk Cut King Size"		42½p per packet of twenty
31	"Rothmans Pall Mall"		34p per packet of twenty 17p per packet of ten
32	"Grand Parade"		32p per packet of twenty 16p per packet of ten
33	"Richmond"		29p per packet of twenty 14½p per packet of ten
34	"Carrolls Select Virginia"		46p per packet of twenty
35	"John Player Classic"		39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
36	"John Player Kings"		42p per packet of twenty
37	"Gauloises Filter"		41p per packet of twenty
38	"Gauloises Plain"		46p per packet of twenty
39	"Gauloises Disque Bleu"		41p per packet of twenty
40	"Gitanes Filter"		43p per packet of twenty
41	"Gitanes Plain"		47p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 30th day of January, 1976.

JOHN DONOVAN

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.