S.I. No. 33/1981 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1981.


S.I. No. 33 of 1981.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1981.

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 Stabilisation 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. No. 10 of 1980 ), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1981.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 2nd day of February, 1981.

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. 4) Order, 1980, ( S.I. No. 382 of 1980 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

(1)

Brand of Cigarettes

(2)

Maximum Prices

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

81 p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

82p per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

81p per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

87p per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

82p per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

82p per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

80p per packet of twenty

40p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

78p per packet of twenty

12

"Afton Mild"

78p per packet of twenty

13

"Grand Parade"

76p per packet of twenty

38p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

82p per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

81p per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

81p per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls King Size"

82p per packet of twenty

18

"Richmond Filter"

74p per packet of twenty

37p per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

78p per packet of twenty

39p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Low Tar"

78p per packet of twenty

21

"Woodbine"

78p per packet of twenty

39p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

78p per packet of twenty

23

"Gold Leaf"

80p per packet of twenty

24

"John Player King Size"

80p per packet of twenty

40p per packet of ten

25

"John Player King Size Low Tar"

80p per packet of twenty

40p per packet of ten

26

"Embassy King Size"

80p per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special"

83p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella"

83p per packet of twenty

29

"More"

87p per packet of twenty

30

"More Menthol"

87p per packet of twenty

31

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

32

"Embassy King Size Low Tar"

80p per packet of twenty

33

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

34

"Gold Flake"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

35

"Churchman's No. 1"

82p per packet of twenty

36

"Gold Bond"

76p per packet of twenty

38p per packet of ten

37

"Silk Cut"

80p per packet of twenty

40p per packet of ten

38

"Silk Cut King Size"

82p per packet of twenty

39

"Lambert and Butler King Size"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

40

"Albany"

78p per packet of twenty

39p per packet of ten

41

"Park Drive Plain"

78p per packet of twenty

42

"Senior Service Plain"

81p per packet of twenty

43

"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism this 29th day of January, 1981.

S. MacLUGHADHA,

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.