BEER EXCISE (No. 2).
No. 85 of 1947.
An Act to amend the Beer Excise Act 1901–1928, as amended by the Beer Excise Act 1947.
[Assented to 11th December, 1947.]
[Date of commencement, 8th January, 1948.]
BE it enacted by the King’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 Beer Excise Act (No. 2) 1947.
(2.) The Beer Excise Act 1901–1928, as amended by the Beer Excise Act 1947, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Beer Excise Act 1947 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Beer Excise Act 1901–1947.
Period of licences.
2. Section sixteen of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “granting” the words “or renewal”.
Second Schedule.
3. The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “continue in force until the thirty-first day of December next ensuing, unless previously cancelled” and inserting in their stead the words “,unless previously cancelled, continue in force until the thirty-first day of December, 19 , but may be renewed in accordance with the provisions of section 17 of the Act”.