S.I. No. 86/1981 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1981.


S.I. No. 86 of 1981.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 2) 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) (No. 2) Order, 1981.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 14th day of March, 1981.

3. The maximum prices at which cigarettes of a brand mentioned in a column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at a reference number may be sold is hereby fixed at the prices mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at a 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, 1981 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1981 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

(1)

Brand of Cigarettes

(2)

Maximum Prices

(3)

1

"Sweet Afton"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

2

"Gitanes Plain"

83p per packet of twenty

3

"Gauloises Plain"

82p per packet of twenty

4

"Dunhill International"

88p per packet of twenty

5

"Rothmans King Size"

83p per packet of twenty

41½p per packet of ten

6

"Craven Filter King Size"

83p per packet of twenty

7

"Peter Stuyvesant"

83p per packet of twenty

8

"Consulate Menthol"

83p per packet of twenty

41½ p per packet of ten

9

"Major Extra Size"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

10

"Carrolls No. 1"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

11

"Broadleaf"

79p per packet of twenty

12

"Afton Mild"

79p per packet of twenty

13

"Grand Parade"

77p per packet of twenty

38½p per packet of ten

14

"Gitanes Filter"

83p per packet of twenty

15

"Gauloises Filter"

82p per packet of twenty

16

"Gauloises Disque Bleu"

82p per packet of twenty

17

"Carrolls King Size"

83p per packet of twenty

18

"Richmond Filter"

75p per packet of twenty

37½p per packet of ten

19

"Player's No. 6"

79p per packet of twenty

39½p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy Low Tar"

79p per packet of twenty

21

"Woodbine"

79p per packet of twenty

39½p per packet of ten

22

"Embassy Filter"

79p per packet of twenty

23

"Gold Leaf"

81p per packet of twenty

24

"John Player King Size"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

25

"John Player King Size Low Tar"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

26

"Embassy King Size"

81p per packet of twenty

27

"John Player Special"

84p per packet of twenty

28

"Cigarella"

84p per packet of twenty

29

"More"

88p per packet of twenty

30

"More Menthol"

88p per packet of twenty

31

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

32

"Embassy King Size Low Tar"

81p per packet of twenty

33

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

34

"Gold Flake"

82p per packet of twenty

41p per packet of ten

35

"Churchman's No. 1"

83p per packet of twenty

36

"Gold Bond"

77p per packet of twenty

38½p per packet of ten

37

"Silk Cut"

81p per packet of twenty

40½p per packet of ten

38

"Silk Cut King Size"

83p per packet of twenty

39

"Lambert and Butler King Size"

83p per packet of twenty

41½p per packet of ten

40

"Albany"

79p per packet of twenty

39½p per packet of ten

41

"Park Drive Plain"

79p per packet of twenty

42

"Senior Service Plain"

82p per packet of twenty

43

"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter"

83p per packet of twenty

41½p per packet of ten

44

"Berkeley"

83p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, this 11th day of March 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.