S.I. No. 302/1981 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 5) Order, 1981.


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. 5) Order, 1981.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1981.

3. The maximum Prices at which cirgarettes 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. 4) Order, 1981 ( S.I. No. 256 of 1981 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

Brand of Cigarettes

Maximum Prices

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

“Sweet Afton”

94p per packet of twenty

47p per packet of ten

2

“Gitanes Plain”

95p per packet of twenty

3

“Gauloises Plain”

94p per packet of twenty

4

“Dunhill International”

£1.00 per packet of twenty

5

“Rothmans King Size”

95p per packet of twenty

47½ per packet of ten

6

“Craven Filter King Size”

95p per packet of twenty

7

“Peter Stuyvesant”

95p per packet of twenty

8

“Consulate Menthol”

95p per packet of twenty

47½p per packet of ten

9

“Major Extra Size”

94p per packet of twenty

47p per packet of ten

10

“Carrolls No. 1”

93p per packet of twenty

46½p per packet of ten

11

“Broadleaf”

91p per packet of twenty

12

“Afton Mild”

91p per packet of twenty

13

“Grand Parade”

89p per packet of twenty

43½p per packet of ten

14

“Gitanes Filter”

95p per packet of twenty

15

“Gauloises Filter”

94p per packet of twenty

16

“Gauloises Disque Bleu”

94p per packet of twenty

17

“Carrolls King Size”

95p per packet of twenty

18

“Richmond Filter”

87p per packet of twenty

43½p per packet of ten

19

“Player's No. 6”

91p per packet of twenty

45½p per packet of ten

20

“Embassy Low Tar”

91p per packet of twenty

21

“Woodbine”

91p per packet of twenty

45½p per packet of ten

22

“Embassy Filter”

91p per packet of twenty

23

“Gold Leaf”

93p per packet of twenty

24

“John Player King Size”

91p per packet of twenty

45½p per packet of ten

25

“John Player King Size Low

91p per packet of twenty

Tar”

45½p per packet of ten

26

“Embassy King Size”

93p per packet of twenty

27

“John Player Special”

96p per packet of twenty

28

“Cigarella”

96p per packet of twenty

29

“More”

£1.00 per packet of twenty

30

“More Menthol”

£1.00 per packet of twenty

31

“Player's Mild Navy Cut”

95p per packet of twenty

47½p per packet of ten

32

“Embassy King Size Low Tar”

93p per packet of twenty

33

“Player's Medium Navy Cut”

95p per packet of twenty

47½p per packet of ten

34

“Gold Flake”

95p per packet of twenty

47½p per packet of ten

35

“Churchman's No. 1”

96p per packet of twenty

36

“Gold Bond”

89p per packet of twenty 44½p per packet of ten

44½p per packet of ten

37

“Silk Cut”

93p per packet of twenty

46½p per packet of ten

38

“Silk Cut King Size”

95p per packet of twenty

39

“Lambert and Butler King Size”

95p per packet of twenty

“Size”

47½p per packet of ten

40

“Albany”

91p per packet of twenty

45½p per packet of ten

41

“Park Drive Plain”

89p per packet of twenty

42

“Senior Service Plain”

91p per packet of twenty

43

“Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter”

95p per packet of twenty

47½p per packet of ten

44

“Berkeley”

95p per packet of twenty

45

“Conquest”

95p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, this 27th day of August, 1981.

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S. MacLUGHADHA.

A person authorised by the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

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.