Spirits Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1953. No..

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE SPIRITS ACT 1906-1952.*

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 Spirits Act 1906-1952.

Dated this twentieth day of February, 1953.

W. J. McKELL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) NEIL O’SULLIVAN

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendments of the Spirits Regulations.

1. Regulation 2 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by inserting after the words—

“Part II.—Certificates and marking of Spirits.”

the words—

“Part IIa.—Exemption of certain Spirits and Distilled Spirituous Liquors from the Requirements of Sections 11 and 12 of the Act.”.

2. Regulation 3 of the Spirits Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the definition of “The Collector”; and

(b)by omitting the definition of “The Act” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘The Act’ means the Spirits Act 1906-1952.”.

3. After Part II. of the Spirits Regulations the following Part is inserted:—

“Part IIa.—Exemption of Certain Spirits and Distilled Spirituous Liquors from the Requirements of Sections 11 and 12 of the Act.

Sec. 11.

“9a. For the purposes of section 11 of the Act, fruit brandies (other than brandy distilled from grapes), masticha and the distilled spirituous liquor known as ouzo or oyzo are prescribed distilled spirituous liquors.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1953.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 202, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, Nos. 28, 51 and 154; 1928, Nos. 14 and 106; 1929, No. 98; 1930, No. 35; 1932, No. 60; 1935, No. 68, 1936, No. 60; 1939, Nos. 8 and 171; and 1940, No. 248.

4680.—Price 3d. 9/14.1.1953.

 

Sec. 12.

“9B. For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, masticha and the distilled spirituous liquor known as ouzo or oyzo are prescribed distilled spirituous liquors.”.

4. Regulation 17 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “or methyl alcohol” (wherever occurring).

5. Regulation 23 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “give approved security in an amount” and inserting in their stead the words “if required by the Collector, give approved security in an amount, not exceeding One Hundred pounds,”.

6. After regulation 25 of the Spirits Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Sec. 21.

“25a. A Methylator shall not, without permission, sell or deliver to a purchaser at any one time a quantity of Methylated Spirits for special manufacture or special purpose greater than one hundred gallons.”.

7. Regulation 27 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) Within seven clays after the end of each month, a manufacturer shall, in the book kept by him under the last preceding sub-regulation, declare in writing before an officer, a Justice of the Peace, a member of the Police Force of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth or a postmaster that the entries in the book relating to that month fully set forth the matters required to be entered under that sub-regulation and that those entries are true in every particular.”.

8. Regulation 30 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and symbol “3s.” and inserting in their stead the words “Four shillings and sixpence”.

9. Regulation 30g of the Spirits Regulations is amended by inserting, after the word “amount”, the words “, not exceeding One hundred pounds,”.

10. Regulation 42 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and symbol “3s.” and inserting in their stead the words “Four shillings and sixpence”.

11. Regulation 47 of the Spirits Regulations is repealed.

12. Regulation 56 of the Spirits Regulations is amended by inserting, after the word “Spirits” (first occurring), the words “for special manufacture or special purpose”.

13. The Schedule to the Spirits Regulations is amended by inserting in Form 5, after the word “Officer”, the words “, member of the Police Force, postmaster”.

 

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