S.I. No. 126/1956 - Cigarettes (Maximum Prices) Order, 1956.

2. References in this Order to selling shall be construed as including references to agreeing or offering to sell or to inviting an offer to buy.

3. No person shall sell by retail any of the brands of cigarettes mentioned in the Schedule hereto at a price exceeding the price mentioned in the appropriate column of the Schedule hereto.

4. The Cigarettes (Maximum Prices) Order, 1955 (

S.I. No. 209 of 1955

) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE OF MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES FOR CIGARETTES.

Brands of Cigarettes.

5's

10's

20's

25's

50's

100's

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

Carreras, Ltd.

Craven " A "

9

1

5½

2

11

3

8

7

3½

14

7

P. J. Carroll & Co. Ltd.

Sweet Afton, Banks size (without coupons) and Grand Parade.

Lambert & Butler

Waverley

John Player & Sons

Players' Navy Cut (Mild and Medium) and Player's Bachelor Cork Tipped.

8½

1

5

2

10

3

6½

7

1

14

2

W. D. & H. O. Wills

Capstan Navy Cut (Mild, Medium and Full), Gold Flake (Plain and Cork Tipped) and Pasha.

P. J. Carroll & Co., Ltd.

Kerry Blue

John Player & Sons.

Player's Weights and Drumhead.

6½

1

1

2

2

2

8½

5

5

10

10

W. D. & H. O. Wills

Star and Wild Woodbine.

P. J. Carroll & Co., Ltd.

Sweet Afton, Banks size (with coupons)

—

1

5½

2

10½

—

7

3½

14

7

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 11th day May 1956.

(Signed) WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument fixes new maximum retail prices for cigarettes, following on the increase of 7/11d. per lb. in the duty on tobacco.

S.I. No. 126 of 1956.

CIGARETTES (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1956.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Article 31 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O. No. 224 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 173) Order, 1942, (S. R. & O. No. 166 of 1942), (which Orders are continued in force by the

Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946

(No. 22 of 1946)), hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cigarettes (Maximum Prices) Order, 1956.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 14th day of May, 1956.