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.