STATUTORY
RULES
1972
No. 94
REGULATIONS UNDER THE SPIRITS ACT 1906-1969.*
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 1906-1969.
Dated
this twenty-third day of June, 1972.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for
Supply for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Customs and Excise.
Amendments of the Spirits Regulations
1. These Regulations shall
come into operation on the first day of July, 1972.
2. Regulation 8 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and word “2 inches” and inserting in their stead
the figures and word “50
millimetres”.
3. Regulation 9 of the Spirits Regulations is amended
by omitting the figure and word “1 inch”
and inserting in their stead the figures and word “25 millimetres”.
4. Regulation 11 of the Spirits Regulations is amended
by omitting the symbol and figures “£100”
and inserting in their stead the words “Two hundred dollars”,
5. Regulation 13 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Two pounds” and inserting
in their stead the words “Four dollars”.
6. Regulation 17 of the Spirits Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting the words “shall be of
not less than 65 degrees overproof”
and inserting in their stead the words “shall contain not less than ninety-four
per cent, by volume of alcohol”; and
(b) by omitting the words “shall be of a
strength of not less than 65
degrees overproof” and inserting in their stead the words “shall contain not
less than ninety-four per cent, by volume of alcohol”.
7. Regulation 18 of the
Spirits Regulations is repealed.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
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; 1940, No. 248; 1953, No. 16; 1954,
No. 110; 1958, No. 56; 1959, No. 18; 1960, No. 61; 1966, No. 73; and 1970, No.
56 and 103.
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8. Regulation 19 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting the words “shall be of a
strength not less than 65 degrees overproof” and inserting in their stead the
words “shall contain not less than ninety-four per cent, by volume of alcohol”;
and
(b) by omitting the words “lower strength”
and inserting in their stead the words “lower percentage by volume of alcohol”.
9. Regulation 23 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “One hundred pounds” and
inserting in their stead the words “Two hundred dollars”.
10. Regulation 25 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “one hundred gallons”
(wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the figures and word “500
litres”.
11. Regulation 30 of (he
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Nine shillings and
sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Ninety-five cents”.
12. Regulation 30e of the Spirits Regulations is amended
by omitting the figures and word “100 gallons” and inserting in their stead the
figures and word “500 litres”.
13. Regulation 30g of the Spirits Regulations is amended
by omitting the words “One hundred pounds” and inserting in their stead the
words “Two hundred dollars”.
14. Regulation 31 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “shall be of a strength
not less than 65 degrees over-proof” and inserting in their stead the words “shall
contain not less than ninety-four per cent, by volume of alcohol”.
15. Regulation 42 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Nine shillings and
sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Ninety-five cents”.
16. Regulation 52 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and word “4 gallons” and
inserting in their stead the figures and word “18 litres”.
17. Regulation 55 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “five hundred gallons”
(wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the figures and word “2,500
litres”.
18. Regulation 63 of the
Spirits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Ten pounds” and inserting
in their stead the words “Twenty dollars”.
19. The Schedule to the
Spirits Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from Form 1 the words “Liquid
Gals.” and inserting in their stead the words “of product in litres.”;
(b)by omitting from that form the word “Strength” and inserting in its stead
the words “percentage by volume of alcohol.”;
(c)by omitting from that form the words “Proof Gals.” and inserting in their
stead the words “of alcohol in litres.”;
(d) by omitting from Form 2 the symbol
and figure “£2” and inserting in their stead the symbol and figure “$4”;
(e) by omitting from Form 3 the words “One
hundred pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Two hundred dollars”;
(f) by omitting from Form 6 the words “Liq.
Gal.” and inserting in their stead the words “Quantity of product in litres.”;
(g) by omitting from Form 6 the word “Strength.”
and inserting in its stead the words “Percentage by volume of alcohol.”; and
(h) by omitting from Form 6 the words “Pf.
Gal.” and inserting in their stead the words “Quantity of alcohol in litres.”.
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