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S.I. No. 38/1979 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1979.

S.I. No. 38 of 1979.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1979.

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, 1979.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 13th day of February, 1979.

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, 1978 ( S.I. No. 99 of 1978 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

54p per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

53p per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

59p per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

54p per packet of twenty

27p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

54p per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

54p per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

54p per packet of twenty

27p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

52p per packet of twenty

26p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

12

"Afton Mild"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

13

"Grand Parade"

48p per packet of twenty

24p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

54p per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

53p per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

53p per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls King Size"

54p per packet of twenty

27p per packet of ten

18

"Richmond Filter"

46p per packet of twenty

23p per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Extra Mild"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

21

"Woodbine"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

23

"Gold Leaf"

52p per packet of twenty

26p per packet of ten

24

"John Player King Size"

52p per packet of twenty

25

"John Player King Size Extra Mild"

52p per packet of twenty

26

"Embassy King Size"

52p per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special"

55p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella King Size"

55p per packet of twenty

29

"More"

57p per packet of twenty

30

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

31

"Embassy King Size Extra Mild"

52p per packet of twenty

32

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

33

"Gold Flake"

53p per packet of twenty

26½p per packet of ten

34

"Churchman's No. 1"

54p per packet of twenty

35

"Gold Bond"

48p per packet of twenty

24p per packet of ten

36

"Silk Cut"

52p per packet of twenty

26p per packet of ten

37

"Silk Cut King Size"

54p per packet of twenty

38

"Albany"

50p per packet of twenty

25p per packet of ten

39

"Park Drive Plain"

50p per packet of twenty

40

"Senior Service Plain"

53p per packet of twenty

41

"Benson & Hedges King Size

54p per packet of twenty

Special Filter"

27p per packet of ten

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, this 9th day of February, 1979.

J. T. GODFREY.

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.