S.I. No. 38/1979:

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1979.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1979.

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) Order, 1979.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 13th day of February, 1979.

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, 1978 ( S.I. No. 99 of 1978 ), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, this 9th day of February, 1979.

J. T. GODFREY.

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.