HC Deb 25 March 1991 vol 188 cc708-9

Resolved, That, as from 6 o'clock in the evening of 19th March 1991, for the Table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 there shall be substituted—

"TABLE
1. Cigarettes An amount equal to 21 per cent, of the retail price plus £40.15 per thousand cigarettes.
2. Cigars £61.72 per kilogram.
3. Hand-rolling tobacco £65.12 per kilogram.
4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco £28.69 per kilogram."

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.