Finance Act 2008

12Rates of tobacco products dutyU.K.

(1)For the table in Schedule 1 to TPDA 1979 substitute—

Table
1. CigarettesAn 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.