AI-assisted research summary: This Order sets maximum retail prices for listed cigarette brands and requires listed cigarettes to be sold only in packets of ten or multiples of ten.
S.I. No. 4/1983 - Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1983. S.I. No. 4 of 1983. MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) ORDER, 1983. The Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, 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 Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1973 ), and the Industry, Commerce and Tourism (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1981 ( S.I. No. 290 of 1981 ), hereby orders as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Cigarettes) Order, 1983. 2. This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of January, 1983. 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 by retail 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. 4) Order, 1982 ( S.I. No. 300 of 1982 ) is hereby revoked. Reference Number Brand of Cigarettes Maximum Prices (1) (2) (3) "Sweet Afton" £1.25 per packet of twenty 62½p per packet of ten "Gitanes Plain" £1.26 per packet of twenty "Gauloises Plain" £1.25 per packet of twenty "Dunhill International" £1.31 per packet of twenty "Rothmans King Size" £1.26 per packet of twenty 63p per packet of ten "Craven Filter King Size" £1.26 per packet of twenty "Peter Stuyvesant" £1.26 per packet of twenty "Consulate Menthol" £1.26 per packet of twenty 63p per packet of ten "Major Extra Size" £1.25 per packet of twenty 62½p per packet of ten 10 "Carrolls No. 1" £1.24 per packet of twenty 62p per packet of ten 11 £1.21 per packet of twenty 12 "Afton Mild" £1.21 per packet of twenty 13 "Grand Parade" £1.19 per packet of twenty 59½p per packet of ten 14 "Gitanes Filter" £1.26 per packet of twenty 15 "Gauloises Filter" £1.25 per packet of twenty 16 "Gauloises Disque Bleu" £1.25 per packet of twenty 17 "Carrolls Number 1 King Size" £1.26 per packet of twenty 18 "Richmond Filter" £1.16 per packet of twenty 58p per packet of ten 19 "Player's No. 6" £1.20 per packet of twenty 60p per packet of ten 20 "Embassy Low Tar" £1.20 per packet of twenty 21 £1.20 per packet of twenty 60p per packet of ten 22 "Embassy Filter" £1.20 per packet of twenty 23 "Gold Leaf £1.22 per packet of twenty 24 "John Player King Size" £1.20 per packet of twenty 60p per packet of ten 25 "John Player King Size Low Tar" £1.20 per packet of twenty 60p per packet of ten 26 "Embassy King Size" £1.22 per packet of twenty 27 "John Player Special Extra" £1.24 per packet of twenty 28 £1.25 per packet of twenty 29 £1.29 per packet of twenty 30 "More Menthol" £1.29 per packet of twenty 31 "Player's Mild Navy Cut" £1.24 per packet of twenty 62p per packet of ten 32 "Embassy King Size Low Tar" £1.22 per packet of twenty 33 "Player's Medium Navy Cut" £1.24 per packet of twenty 62p per packet of ten 34 "Gold Flake" £1.24 per packet of twenty 62p per packet of ten 35 "Churchman's No. 1" £1.25 per packet of twenty 36 "Gold Bond" £1.18 per packet of twenty 59p per packet of ten 37 "Silk Cut" £1.22 per packet of twenty 61p per packet of ten 38 "Silk Cut King Size" £1.24 per packet of twenty 39 "Lambert and Butler King Size" £1.24 per packet of twenty 62p per packet of ten 40 £1.20 per packet of twenty 60p per packet of ten 41 "Park Drive Plain" £1.18 per packet of twenty 42 "Senior Service Plain" £1.20 per packet of twenty 43 "Benson & Hedges King Size Special Filter" £1.24 per packet of twenty 62p per packet of ten 45 £1.24 per packet of twenty 46 "Carrolls Kings" £1.26 per packet of twenty 47 "Silk Cut King Size Extra Mild" £1.24 per packet of twenty GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism, this 7th day of January, 1983. S. MAC LUGHADHA, A person authorised by the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism 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.