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.