S.I. No. 382/1980 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 4) Order, 1980.


S.I. No. 382 of 1980.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (NO. 4) ORDER, 1980.

The Minister for Industry, 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 Stabilization Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Industry, Commerce and Energy (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 (S.I. 10 of 1980), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 4) Order, 1980.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 22nd day of December 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. 3) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 176 of 1980 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

(1)

Brand of Cigarettes

(2)

Maximum Prices

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

71p per packet of twenty

35½p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

72p per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

71p per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

77p per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

72p per packet of twenty

36p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

72p per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

72p per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

72p per packet of twenty

36p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

71p per packet of twenty

35½p per packet of ten

10

"Carrols No. 1"

70p per packet of twenty

35p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf

68p per packet of twenty

12

"Afton Mild"

68p per packet of twenty

13

"Grand Parade"

66p per packet of twenty

33p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

72p per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

71p per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

71p per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls King Size"

72p per packet of twenty

18

"Richmond Filter"

64p per packet of twenty

32p per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

68p per packet of twenty

34p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Low Tar"

68p per packet of twenty

21

"Woodbine"

68p per packet of twenty

34p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

68p per packet of twenty

23

"Gold Leaf"

70p per packet of twenty

24

"John Player King Size"

70p per packet of twenty

35p per packet of ten

25

"John Player King Size Low Tar"

70p per packet of twenty

35p per packet of ten

26

"Embassy King Size"

70p per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special"

73p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella"

73p per packet of twenty

29

"More"

77p per packet of twenty

30

"More Menthol"

77p per packet of twenty

31

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

71p per packet of twenty

35½p per packet of ten

32

"Embassy King Size Low Tar"

70p per packet of twenty

33

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

71p per packet of twenty

35½p per packet of ten

34

"Gold Flake"

71p per packet of twenty

35½p per packet of ten

35

"Churchman's No. 1"

72p per packet of twenty

36

"Gold Bond"

66p per packet of twenty

33p per packet of ten

37

"Silk Cut"

70p per packet of twenty

35p per packet of ten

38

"Silk Cut King Size"

70p per packet of twenty

39

"Lambert and Butler King Size"

72p per packet of twenty

36p per packet of ten

40

"Albany"

68p per packet of twenty

34p per packet of ten

41

"Park Drive Plain"

68p per packet of twenty

42

"Senior Service Plain"

71p per packet of twenty

43

"Benson and Hedges King Size Special Filter"

72p per packet of twenty

36p per packet of ten

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism

this 16th day of December 1980.

S. Mac LUGHADHA.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, 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.