(1) For the table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 substitute—
“Table
1.
Cigarettes
An amount equal to 16.5% of the retail price plus £184.10 per thousand cigarettes
2.
Cigars
£229.65 per kilogram
3.
Hand-rolling tobacco
£180.46 per kilogram
4.
Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco
£100.96 per kilogram”.
(2) The amendment made by this Resolution comes into force at 6 pm on 19 March.
And it is 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.