S.I. No. 299/1983:

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 4) ORDER, 1983.

MAXIMUM PRICES (CIGARETTES) (No. 4) 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 the 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) (No. 4) Order, 1983.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 24th day of October, 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. 3) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 211 of 1983 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Trade, Commerce

and Tourism, this 19th day of October, 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.