S.I. No. 99/1978 -- Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1978
S.I. No. 99/1978 -- Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1978
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S.I. No. 99/1978:
MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1978
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MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1978
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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:--
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1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1978.
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2. This Order shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1978.
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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.
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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.
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5. The Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) (No. 2) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 383 of 1977 ), is hereby revoked.
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SCHEDULE
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Reference Number |
Brand of Cigarettes |
Maximum Prices |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
1 |
"Sweet Afton" |
46p per packet of twenty
23p per packet of ten
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2 |
"Gitanes Plain" |
47p per packet of twenty |
3 |
"Gauloises Plain" |
46p per packet of twenty |
4 |
"Dunhill International" |
50p per packet of twenty |
5 |
"Rothman King Size" |
47p per packet of twenty
23½p per packet of ten
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6 |
"Craven Filter King Size" |
47p per packet of twenty |
7 |
"Peter Stuyvesant" |
47p per packet of twenty |
8 |
"Consulate Menthol" |
47p per packet of twenty
23½p per packet of ten
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9 |
"Major Extra Size" |
46p per packet of twenty
23p per packet of ten
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10 |
"Carrolls No. 1" |
45p per packet of twenty
22½p per packet of ten
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11 |
"Broadleaf" |
43p per packet of twenty
21 ½p per packet of ten
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12 |
"Afton Mild" |
43p per packet of twenty
21½p per packet of ten
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13 |
"Grand Parade" |
41p per packet of twenty
20½p per packet of ten
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14 |
"Gitanes Filter" |
47p per packet of twenty |
15 |
"Gauloises Filter" |
46p per packet of twenty |
16 |
"Gauloises Disque Blue" |
46p per packet of twenty |
17 |
"Carrolls King Size" |
47p per packet of twenty
23½p per packet of ten
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18 |
"Richmond Filter" |
39p per packet of twenty
19½p per packet of ten
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19 |
"Players No. 6" |
43p per packet of twenty
21½p per packet of ten
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20 |
"Embassy Extra Mild" |
43p per packet of twenty
21½p per packet of ten
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21 |
"Woodbine" |
43p per packet of twenty
21½p per packet of ten
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22 |
"Embassy Filter" |
43p per packet of twenty
21½p per packet of ten
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23 |
"Gold Leaf" |
45p per packet of twenty
22½p per packet of ten
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24 |
"John Player King Size" |
44p per packet of twenty |
25 |
"John Player King Size Extra Mild" |
44p per packet of twenty |
26 |
"Embassy King Size" |
44p per packet of twenty |
27 |
"John Player Special" |
48p per packet of twenty |
28 |
"Cigarella King Size" |
48p per packet of twenty |
29 |
"More" |
50p per packet of twenty |
30 |
"Player's Mild Navy Cut" |
46p per packet of twenty
23p per packet of ten
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31 |
"Player's Medium Navy Cut" |
46p per packet of twenty
23p per packet of ten
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32 |
"Gold Flake" |
46p per packet of twenty
23p per packet of ten
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33 |
"Churchman's No. 1" |
47p per packet of twenty |
34 |
"Gold Bond" |
41p per packet of twenty
20½p per packet of ten
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35 |
"Silk Cut" |
45p per packet of twenty
22½p per packet of ten
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36 |
"Silk Cut King Size" |
47p per packet of twenty |
37 |
"Albany" |
43p per packet of twenty
21½p per packet of ten
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38 |
"Park Drive Plain" |
43p per packet of twenty |
39 |
"Senior Service Plain" |
46p per packet of twenty |
40 |
"Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter" |
47p per packet of twenty
23½p per packet of ten
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce
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and Energy this 31st day of March, 1978.
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CORMAC O'CONNOR
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A person authorised by the Minister for Industry, Commerce
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and Energy to authenticate the Official Seal of the Minister.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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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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