Sale of Colonial Brandy Act 1866 No 26a (NSW)

No. XV.

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An Act to permit the Sale of Brandy distilled by the Owners of Vineyards from Grapes the produce of such Vineyards. \Qtli December, Colonial Brandy.

1866.]

"V^^HEUEAS by the Colonial Distillation Act thirteenth Victoria Preamble.

number twenty-seven any person having in cultivation and bearing a vineyard of at least two acres in extent and having obtained from the Colonial Treasurer a license for such purpose may keep and use one still of not more than fifty nor less than twenty-five gallons for the purpose of distilling Brandy for his own consumption from wine or the lees of wine made from grapes the produce of his own vineyard And whereas it is expedient to permit the sale of Brandy so distilled Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most

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. Excellent

No. 15. 30̂ VIO. 1866,

Sale o f Colonial Brandy.

Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in

Permit may bo	Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :—
obtained for the	1. Any owner of a vineyard who may be possessed of Brandy contained in the nineteenth section of the Act thirteenth Victoria number twenty-seven may apply to the Colonial Treasurer for a permit authorizing him to remove to and place in any bonded w^arehouse any such Brandy And the Colonial Treasurer shall grant such permit on such person so applying executing a bond to Her Majesty in the penal sum of two hundred pounds conditioned that the Brandy speci­ fied therein shall within the time limited for such purpose % such permit be deposited in the bonded warehouse to which such permit shall authorize such Brandy to be removed.
removal of Brandy
to Bonded Ware­	distilled from grapes the produce of such vineyard under the authority
house,
Requisites of permit.	2. Every such permit shall state the name and residence of the person applying for it the places from and to which the Brandy specified therein is to be removed the quantity of Brandy the name of the person under whose charge it is to be removed and the time within
Brandy removed	which the removal is to be accomplished.
without permit may	3. If any Brandy distilled under the authority of said nine­ shall be found in course of removal from the premises in which it was distilled without a permit or otherwise than in the manner herein provided the same may be seized by any Inspector of Distilleries or Officer of Customs and adjudged to be forfeited in the same manner
be seized and	teenth section of the Act thirteenth Victoria number twenty-seven
forfeited.
Book to bo kept by	as any goods declared liable to forfeiture for non-payment of duty.
owner of a vineyard.	4. Every owner of a vineyard who may distil Brandy under the authority of the said nineteenth section of the Act thirteenth Victoria nuniber twenty-seven shall keep at the place of distillation for the inspection at all reasonable times on demand of any Inspector of Distilleries a book in which shall be entered the date of every occasion on which distillation shall take place the number of gallons of spirits distilled on each occasion and the manner in which the spirits so distilled may have been disposed of and no permit issued under this Act shall be deemed to be a valid permit unless such book shall be kept and submitted to inspection as herein provided.
Brandy to be liable
to same duty as	5. Brandy deposited in any bonded warehouse under the pro­ visions of this Act shall be liable to the payment of the same duty as is chargeable by law upon Brandy imported into the Colony and the same may be sold and delivered out* of bond either for export or home consumption in the same manner as Brandy imported.
imported Brandy.

Short title. 6. This Act may be cited as the “ Sale of Colonial Brandy Act

1866.”

No. XVI.