Liquor Act 1982 Liquor Amendment (Prescribed Substances) Regulation 1999 (1999-656) [GG No 141 of 17.12.1999, p 11924] (NSW)

1999 No 656

Liquor Amendment (Prescribed New South Wales

Substances) Regulation 1999

under the

Liquor Act 1982

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Liquor Act 1982.

J. RICHARD FACE, M.P.,

Minister for Gaming and Racing

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to prescribe certain alcohol-based food essences that are sold in relatively large containers as “liquor” for the purposes of the Liquor Act 1982. As a result, the restrictions applying to liquor under the Act will apply to those food essences, except in circumstances where the essences are sold by wholesale.

This Regulation is made under the Liquor Act 1982, including the definition of liquor in section 4 and the general regulation-making power in section 156.

Published in Gazette No 141 of 17 December 1999, page 11924	Page 1
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Clause 1	Liquor Amendment (Prescribed Substances) Regulation 1999

Liquor Amendment (Prescribed Substances)
Regulation 1999

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Liquor Amendment (Prescribed Substances)

Regulation 1999.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 24 January 2000.

3 Amendment of Liquor Regulation 1996

The Liquor Regulation 1996 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Liquor Amendment (Prescribed Substances) Regulation 1999

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 4A

Insert after clause 4:

4A	Prescribed substances
(1) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of liquor in section 4 (1) of the Act, an alcohol-based food essence that is packaged:

(a)	in the case of vanilla essence (whether natural or imitation)—in a container of more than 100 millilitres capacity, or
(b)	in any other case—in a container of more than 50 millilitres capacity,

is prescribed, except in circumstances where the alcohol-

based food essence is sold in that container by wholesale.

(2) In this clause:

alcohol-based food essence means a food flavouring preparation in liquid form that, at 20( Celsius, contains more than 1.15 per cent ethanol by volume.

BY AUTHORITY

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