Part 1Charges, rates, allowances, reliefs etc

Alcohol and tobacco

12Rates of tobacco products duty

(1)

For the table in Schedule 1 to TPDA 1979 substitute—
“Table

1. Cigarettes

An amount equal to 22 per cent of the retail price plus £112.07 per thousand cigarettes

2. Cigars

£163.22 per kilogram

3. Hand-rolling tobacco

£117.32 per kilogram

4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco

£71.76 per kilogram”.

(2)

The amendment made by subsection (1) is treated as having come into force at 6pm on 12 March 2008.