Beer Excise Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1946. No. 137

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE BEER EXCISE ACT 1901-1928*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Beer Excise Act 1901-1928.

Dated this twenty-first day of August, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

J. M. FRASER

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendments of the Beer Excise Regulations. 

1. Regulation 27 of the Beer Excise Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(l.) Where beer contained in a vessel, case or bottle is removed from a brewery, every vessel and case shall have legibly branded or painted thereon, and the label of every bottle shall bear—

(a) the name of the brewer or brewery, the name of the place where the beer was made and the word ‘Australia’; or

(b) where the beer is intended for export, a registered serial number allotted by the Collector, the State number and the word ‘Australia’,

and, in addition, in the case of bulk beer, a distinctive number shall be marked on each vessel.

“(1b.) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation the serial number shall be placed directly above the State number and both numbers shall be enclosed in a circle or a triangle, thus—

2. Regulation 28 of the Beer Excise Regulations is repealed.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 22nd August, 1946.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 184, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, No. 18; 1929. No. 119; 1936, No. 61; 1942, Nos. 338 and 445; and 1948, No. 228.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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