The Duty-Free Supplies for the Royal Navy Regulations 1954

Scale of supply of tobacco

3.  The quantity of tobacco to be supplied under the terms of these Regulations in each month for the use of each person or officer or man mentioned in Regulation 1 who is an habitual user of tobacco and who is living in a ship or establishment specified in Regulation 2 hereof shall not exceed in the case of:—

(a) H.M. Ships designated in paragraph (a) of Regulation 2, save when undergoing a refit exceeding 28 days	1½ lb
(b) H.M. Ships designated in paragraph (b) of Regulation 2, save when undergoing a refit exceeding 28 days	1¼ lb
(c) H.M. Ships designated in paragraph (c) of Regulation 2, and naval establishments (other than such establishments as the Admiralty may from time to time exclude)	¾ lb
(d) H.M. Ships designated in paragraph (a) and (b) of Regulation 2, during any refit exceeding 28 days	¾ lb

and no such person or officer or man shall during any month receive any quantity of such tobacco in excess of the amount as aforesaid properly applicable to him.

Provided that any tobacco taken on board any of H.M. Ships at any place outside the United Kingdom, shall, if it is supplied after the return of the ship to the Home Station for the use of any person, officer or man mentioned in this Regulation, be taken into account in calculating the quantities to be supplied for the purposes of this Regulation.