STATUTORY RULES.
1949. No. .
REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1947.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1947.
Dated this ninth day of March, 1949.
W. J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
(Sgd.) BEN COURTICE
Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendment of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations. †
Seventh Schedule.
The Seventh Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following item:-
“2. | Liqueurs | United Kingdom | 1. The alcoholic strength of a liqueur shall be determined by distillation and shall be not less than the alcoholic strength set out opposite the name of that liqueur in the following table:— | |
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| Advocaat ............... | 30 per centum |
Cherry Brandy ............ | 43 per centum | |||
Apricot Brandy, Blackberry Brandy, Crême de Café, Crême de Cassia, Crême de Cocao, Crême de Menthe, Maraschino and Peach Brandy | 50 per centum | |||
Curaçoa, White or Orange..... | 55 per centum | |||
Kummel................ | 60 per centum | |||
Benedictine, Chartreuse, Cointreau, Grand Marnier and similar types of liqueurs | 65 per centum | |||
All other liqueurs........... | 50 per centum | |||
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2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding paragraph, the Minister may, in his discretion, allow such margin of tolerance in respect of the minimum alcoholic strength of a liqueur as he thinks fit”. | ||||
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1949.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 2, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 4, 103 and 115 ; 1936, Nos. 27, 87, 103 and 141 ; 1937, No. 73; 1938, Nos. 61, 65 and 86 ; 1939, No. 170; 1940, No. 30 ; 1941, No. 136 ; 1942, No. 479 ; 1945, Nos. 87 and 149 ; 1946, Nos. 10, 53, 90, 106, 126, 138, 166, 178 and 179 ; 1947, Nos. 11, 35, 54, 80, 82, 95, 105, 116, 138 and 153 ; and 1948, Nos. 6, 50, 105 and 120.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
6155.—Price 3D. 9/16.2.1949.