Beer Excise Act Repeal
No. 107 of 1968
An Act to repeal the Beer Excise Act 1901–1968, and for purposes related thereto.
[Assented to 2 December 1968]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act
may be cited as the Beer Excise Act
Repeal Act 1968.
Commencement.
2. This Act
shall come into operation on the date fixed under sub-section (3.) of section 2
of the Customs Act (No. 2) 1968.
Repeal.
3.The following Acts are
repealed:—
Beer
Excise Act 1901
Beer
Excise Act 1912
Beer
Excise Act 1918
Beer
Excise Act 1923
Beer
Excise Act 1928
Beer
Excise Act 1947
Beer Excise Act (No. 2) 1947
Beer
Excise Act 1951
Beer
Excise Act 1957
Beer
Excise Act 1958
Beer
Excise Act 1968.
Excise
Act to apply to beer.
4.Subject
to this Act, the Excise Act 1901-1968
applies to and in relation to duties of Excise on beer.
Licences.
5.—(1.) If
this Act comes into operation on a day other than the first day of January in
any year, any licence in force under the Beer
Excise Act 1901–1968 immediately before the commencement of this Act shall
continue in force under and subject to the Excise
Act 1901–1968 as if it were a licence to manufacture granted under that
Act, and any security given in relation to the licence by the person to whom
the licence was granted for compliance with the Beer Excise Act 1901, or that Act as amended, shall, upon the
commencement of this Act, be deemed to be a security given in relation to the
licence under the Excise Act 1901–1968
for compliance with that Act.
(2.) The last preceding sub-section does not affect
the liability of a person under a security given before the commencement of
this Act for compliance with the Beer
Excise Act 1901, or that Act as amended, in respect of a failure to comply
with that Act, or that Act as amended, that took place before the commencement
of this Act.
Beer
on premises where licence cancelled, &c.
6.Sections
58a, 58b and 58c of the Beer
Excise Act 1901