S.I. No. 211/1983 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 3) Order, 1983.


S.I. No. 211 of 1983.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 3) ORDER, 1983.

The Minister for 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 Industry, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1981 ( S.I. No. 290 of 1981 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 3) Order, 1983.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 25th day of July, 1983.

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. 2) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1983 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

66p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

£1.40 per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

67p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

67p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

66p per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

£1.30 per packet of twenty

65p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

£1.27 per packet of twenty

12

"Afton Mild"

£1.27 per packet of twenty

13

"Grand Parade"

£1.25 per packet of twenty

62½p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls No. 1 King Size"

£1.34 per packet of twenty

18

"Richmond Filter"

1.22 per packet of twenty

61p per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

£1.28 per packet of twenty

64p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Low Tar"

£1.28 per packet of twenty

21

"Woodbine"

£1.28 per packet of twenty

64p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

£1.28 per packet of twenty

23

"Gold Leaf"

£1.30 per packet of twenty

24

"John Player King Size"

£1.27 per packet of twenty

63½ per packet of ten

25

"John Player King Size Low Tar"

£1.27 per packet of twenty

63½ per packet of ten

26

"Embassy King Size"

£1.31 per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special Extra"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

29

"More"

£1.38 per packet of twenty

30

"More Menthol"

£1.38 per packet of twenty

31

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

66p per packet of ten

32

"Embassy King Size Low Tar"

£1.31 per packet of twenty

33

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

66p per packet of ten

34

"Gold Flake"

£1.32 per packet of twenty

66p per packet of ten

35

"Churchman's No. 1"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

36

"Gold Bond"

£1.24 per packet of twenty

62p per packet of ten

37

"Silk Cut"

£1.30 per packet of twenty

65p per packet of ten

38

"Silk Cut King Size"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

39

"Lambert & Butler King Size

£1.33 per packet of twenty

66½p per packet of ten

40

"Albany"

£1.29 per packet of twenty

64½p per packet of ten

41

"Park Drive Plain"

£1.27 per packet of twenty

42

"Senior Service Plain"

£1.29 per packet of twenty

43

"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

66½p per packet of ten

44

"Berkeley"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

45

"Conquest"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

46

"Carrolls Kings"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

47

"Silk Cut King Size Extra Mild"

£1.33 per packet of twenty

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

and Tourism, this 21st day of July, 1983.

J. DONLON

A person authorised by the Minister for Trade,Commerce and

Tourism to authenticatethe 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 the retail. It also prohibits the sale of cigarettes otherwise than in packets of ten or multiples of ten.