Excise Regulations 1925 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. .

REGULATION UNDER THE EXCISE 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 Regulation under the Excise Act 1901-1934.

Dated this twenty fourth day of January, 1940.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendment of the Excise Regulations 1925.

Regulation 85 of the Excise Regulations 1925 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“85. The spirit shall be—

(a) a pure wine spirit produced from wine made from fresh grapes:

Provided that the spirit may be spirit produced from wine made from dried grapes if the Minister is satisfied that the wine was made on or before the eighteenth day of January, 1940, or that sufficient spirit produced from wine made from fresh grapes of wine varieties is not available to meet the requirements of the wine industry;

(b) except in the case of spirit matured in wood for at least two years—of a strength of not less than 30 degrees overproof; and

(c) approved by an analyst appointed for the purposes of the Customs Act 1901-1936.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1940.

  Statutory Rules 1925, No. 181, as amended by Statutory Rules 1926, No. 70; 1928, No. 131; 1929, Nos. 74, 92 and 97; 1930, No. 71; 1931, Nos. 25 and 43; 1932, Nos. 13, 51, 105 and 129; 1933, Nos. 37 and 103; 1934, Nos. 9, 65 and 70; 1936, Nos. 26, 50 and 99; and 1939, Nos. 5, 39, 60, 121 and 169.

 

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

332.—13/18.1.1940.—Price 3d.