S.I. No. 60/1977 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1977.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1977.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of March, 1977.

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. 3) Order, 1976 (

S.I. No. 189 of 1976

), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number

(1)

Brand of Cigarettes

(2)

Maximum Prices

(3)

1

"Broadleaf"

{

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

2

"Springfields"

{

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

3

"Carrolls Number 1"

{

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

4

"Major Extra Size"

{

45p per packet of twenty

22½p per packet of ten

5

"Sweet Afton"

{

49p per packet of twenty

24½p per packet of ten

6

"Rothmans King Size"

{

48p per packet of twenty

24p per packet of ten

7

"Consulate Menthol"

{

45p per packet of twenty

22½p per packet of ten

8

"Peter Stuyvesant"

48p per packet of twenty

9

"Craven Filter King Size"

48p per packet of twenty

10

"Dunhill International"

50p per packet of twenty

11

"Gold Bond"

{

35p per packet of twenty

17½p per packet of ten

12

"Park Drive" (tipped)

32p per packet of twenty

13

"Cadets"

32p per packet of twenty

14

"Albany"

{

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

15

"Silk Cut"

{

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

16

"B & H Special Filter"

{

48p per packet of twenty

24p per packet of ten

17

"Park Drive" (plain)

39p per packet of twenty

18

"Senior Service"

48p per packet of twenty

19

"Player's No. 6"

{

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

20

"Embassy"

{

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

21

"Embassy Extra Mild"

{

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

22

"Gold Leaf"

{

42p per packet of twenty

21p per packet of ten

23

"John Player Special"

48p per packet of twenty

24

"Cigarella King Size"

45p per packet of twenty

25

"Woodbine"

{

40p per packet of twenty

20p per packet of ten

26

"Gold Flake"

{

49p per packet of twenty

24½p per packet of ten

27

"Player's Medium Navy Cut"

{

49p per packet of twenty

24½p per packet of ten

28

"Player's Mild Navy Cut"

{

49p per packet of twenty

24½p per packet of ten

29

"Churchman's No. 1"

50p per packet of twenty

30

"Silk Cut King Size"

{

46p per packet of twenty

31

"Rothmans Pall Mall"

{

37p per packet of twenty

18½p per packet of ten

32

"Grand Parade"

{

35p per packet of twenty

17½p per packet of ten

33

"Richmond"

{

33p per packet of twenty

16½p per packet of ten

34

"Carrolls Select Virginia"

50p per packet of twenty

35

"Afton Mild"

{

39p per packet of twenty

19½p per packet of ten

36

"John Player Classic"

{

41p per packet of twenty

20½p per packet of ten

37

"John Player Kings"

44p per packet of twenty

38

"John Player King Size"

42p per packet of twenty

39

"John Player King Size Extra Mild"

42p per packet of twenty

40

"More"

51p per packet of twenty

41

"Gauloises Filter"

44p per packet of twenty

42

"Gauloises Plain"

50p per packet of twenty

43

"Gauloises Disque Blue"

44p per packet of twenty

44

"Gitanes Filter"

46p per packet of twenty

45

"Gitanes Plain"

51p per packet of twenty

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 1st day of March, 1977.

J. T. GODFREY.

A person authorised by the Minister for Industry and Commerce 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.

S.I. No. 60 of 1977.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1977.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the

Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965

(No. 23 of 1966)) of the

Prices Act, 1958

(No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the

Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972

(No. 20 of 1972), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 (

S.I. No. 96 of 1973

), hereby orders as follows:—