Spirits
No. 110 of 1968
An Act to amend the Spirits Act 1906–1966 in relation to the use of Methylated Spirits
in Scents, and in relation to the establishment of a Collectorate of Customs in
the Northern Territory.
[Assented to 2 December 1968]
[Date
of commencement, 30 December 1968]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This
Act may be cited as the Spirits Act 1968.
(2.) The Spirits
Act 1906–1966 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Spirits Act 1906–1968.
Interpretation.
2.Section
3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “Scents”.
Methylated
spirits and their use.
3. Section
14 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting from paragraph (a) of
sub-section (2.) the word “scents,”; and
(b)
by omitting from sub-section (6.) the word “scents,”.
Penalty
for selling illicit methylated spirits.
4. Section
16 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the word “scent”.
Forfeiture
of illicit methylated spirits.
5. Section
17 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word “scents”.
Spirits
containing methylating substances.
6.Section
18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word “scents”.
Licences
to make and sell methylated spirits.
7. Section
20 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “State” the
words “or Territory of the Commonwealth”.
Power
to enter and take samples.
8.Section
22 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the word “scent,”.
Penalty
for refusing to supply samples.
9.Section
23 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word “scent,”.
Power
to seize.
10.