Part 1Charges, rates, allowances, etc
Alcohol and tobacco duties
12Rates of tobacco products duty
(1)
For the table in Schedule 1 to TPDA 1979 substitute—
“Table
1. Cigarettes
An amount equal to 24 per cent of the retail price plus £114.31 per thousand cigarettes
2. Cigars
£173.13 per kilogram
3. Hand-rolling tobacco
£124.45 per kilogram
4. Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco
£76.12 per kilogram.”
(2)
The Alcoholic Liquor Duties (Surcharges) and Tobacco Products Duty Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3026), so far as relating to excise duty on tobacco products, is revoked.
(3)
The amendments made by this section are treated as having come into force at 6 pm on 22 April 2009.