S.I. No. 383/1977 -- Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1977.

S.I. No. 383/1977 -- Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1977. 1977 383

S.I. No. 383/1977:

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 2) ORDER, 1977.

The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, 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 and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1977 ), hereby orders as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1977.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1978.

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) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 60 of 1977 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number (1)	Brand of Cigarettes (2)	Maximum Prices (3)
1	"Sweet Afton"	44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
2	"Gitanes Plain"	45p per packet of twenty
3	"Gauloises Plain"	44p per packet of twenty
4	"Dunhill International"	50p per packet of twenty
5	"Rothmans King Size"	45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
6	"Craven Filter King Size"	45p per packet of twenty
7	"Peter Stuyvesant"	45p per packet of twenty
8	"Consulate Menthol"	45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
9	"Major Extra Size"	44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
10	"Carrolls No. 1"	43p per packet of twenty 21½p per packet of ten
11	"Broadleaf"	41 p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
12	"Afton Mild"	41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
13	"Grand Parade"	39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
14	"Gitanes Filter"	45p per packet of twenty
15	"Gauloises Filter"	44p per packet of twenty
16	"Gauloises Disque Blue"	44p per packet of twenty
17	"Carrolls King Size"	45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
18	"Richmond Filter"	27p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
19	"Player's No. 6"	41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
20	"Embassy Extra Mild"	41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
21	"Woodbine"	41p per packet of twenty 20½ per packet of ten
22	"Embassy Filter"	41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
23	"Gold Leaf"	43p per packet of twenty 21½p per packet of ten
24	"John Player King Size"	42p per packet of twenty
25	"John Player King Size Extra Mild"	42p per packet of twenty
26	"Embassy King Size"	42p per packet of twenty
27	"John Player Special"	46p per packet of twenty
28	"Cigarella King Size"	46p per packet of twenty
29	"More"	51p per packet of twenty
30	"Player's Mild Navy Cut"	44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
31	"Player's Medium Navy Cut"	44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
32	"Gold Flake"	44p per packet of twenty 22p per packet of ten
33	"Churchman's No. 1"	45p per packet of twenty
34	"Gold Bond"	39p per packet of twenty 19½p per packet of ten
35	"Silk Cut"	43p per packet of twenty 21½p per packet of ten
36	"Silk Cut King Size"	45p per packet of twenty
37	"Albany"	41p per packet of twenty 20½p per packet of ten
38	"Park Drive Plain"	41p per packet of twenty
39	"Senior Service Plain"	44p per packet of twenty
40	"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter"	45p per packet of twenty 22½p per packet of ten
41	"Springfields"	40p per packet of twenty 20p per packet of ten
42	"Rothmans Pall Mall"	37p per packet of twenty 18½p per packet of ten
43	"Carrolls Select Virginia"	50p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy

this 20th day of December, 1977.

CORMAC O'CONNOR.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce and

Energy 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.

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