Distillation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1947. No. .

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DISTILLATION ACT 1901-1934.*

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 Distillation Act 1901-1934.

Dated this first day of October, 1947.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendments of the Distillation Regulations.

1. Regulation 4 of the Distillation Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) The amount of the security shall be such amount, being not less than Five hundred pounds and not more than Five thousand pounds, as the Collector determines.”.

2. Regulation 31 of the Distillation Regulations is amended by omitting the words “wine or beer” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “wine, beer or wash made from molasses or sugar”.

3. Regulations 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Distillation Regulations are repealed.

4. Regulation 96 of the Distillation Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) The amount of the security shall be such amount, being not less than Five hundred pounds and not more than Five thousand pounds, as the Collector determines.”.

5. Regulation 97 of the Distillation Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“97. A vigneron’s licence shall only be granted or renewed in respect of—

(a) a pot still capable of containing more than 230 gallons but less than 600 gallons; or

(b) a continuous still capable of exhausting more than 50 gallons but less than 150 gallons of wine in an hour.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on, 1947.

Statutory Rules 1926, No. 206, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, No. 91 ; 1929, No. 105 ; 1934, No. 71; 1940, No. 281; 1946, Nos. 34 and 70; and 1947, Nos. 26 and 84. (Statutory Rules 1940, No. 123, which purported to amend these Regulations, were not tabled with the prescribed time and, by virtue of section 48 (3.) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1941, are void and of no effect.)

  

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

5166.—Price 3d. 12/14.8.1947.