S.I. No. 256/1981 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 4) 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. 4) Order, 1981.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of July, 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 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. 3) Order, 1981 ( S.I. No. 240 of 1981 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number	Brand of Cigarettes	Maximum Prices
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	“Sweet Afton”	90p per packet of twenty 45p per packet of ten
2	“Gitanes Plain”	91p per packet of twenty
3	“Gauloises Plain”	90p per packet of twenty
4	“Dunhill International”	96p per packet of twenty
5	“Rothmans King Size”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
6	“Craven Filter King Size”	91p per packet of twenty
7	“Peter Stuyvesant”	91p per packet of twenty
8	“Consulate Menthol”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
9	“Major Extra Size”	90p per packet of twenty 45p per packet of ten
10	“Carrolls no. 1”	89p per packet of twenty 44½p per packet of ten
11	“Broadleaf”	87p per packet of twenty
12	“Afton Mild”	87p per packet of twenty
13	“Grand Parade”	85p per packet of twenty 42½p per packet of ten
14	“Gitanes Filter”	91p per packet of twenty
15	“Gauloises Filter”	90p per packet of twenty
16	“Gauloises Disque Bleu”	90p per packet of twenty
17	“Carrolls King Size”	91p per packet of twenty
18	“Richmond Filter”	83p per packet of twenty 41½p per packet of ten
19	“Player's No. 6”	87p per packet of twenty 43½p per packet of ten
20	“Embassy Low Tar”	87p per packet of twenty
21	“Woodbine”	87p per packet of twenty 43½p per packet of ten
22	“Embassy Filter”	87p per packet of twenty
23	“Gold Leaf”	89p per packet of twenty
24	“John Player King Size”	87p per packet of twenty 43½p per packet of ten
25	“John Player King Size Low Tar”	87p per packet of twenty 43½p per packet of ten
26	“Embassy King Size”	89p per packet of twenty
27	“John Player Special”	92p per packet of twenty
28	“Cigarella”	92p per packet of twenty
29	“More”	96p per packet of twenty
30	“More Menthol”	96p per packet of twenty
31	“Player's Mild Navy Cut”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
32	“Embassy King Size Low Tar”	89p per packet of twenty
33	“Player's Medium Navy Cut”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
34	“Gold Flake”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
35	“Churchman's No. 1”	92p per packet of twenty
36	“Gold Bond”	85p per packet of twenty 42½p per packet of ten
37	“Silk Cut”	89p per packet of twenty 44½p per packet of ten
38	“Silk Cut King Size”	91p per packet of twenty
39	“Lambert and Butler King Size”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
40	“Albany”	87p per packet of twenty 43½p per packet of ten
41	“Park Drive Plain”	85p per packet of twenty
42	“Senior Service Plain”	87p per packet of twenty
43	“Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter”	91p per packet of twenty 45½p per packet of ten
44	“Berkeley”	91p per packet of twenty
45	“Conquest”	91p per packet of twenty

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, this 22nd day of July, 1981.
	H. McGLOIN,
	A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, 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.