Distillation Amendment Act 1980
No. 56 of 1980
An Act to amend the Distillation Act 1901
[Assented to 23 May 1980]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Distillation Amendment Act 1980.
(2) The Distillation Act 1901 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation
3. (1) Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by inserting after the definition of “Distillery” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Experimenter’ means a person who holds an experimenter’s licence issued pursuant to this Act.”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “Feints” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Fuel ethanol’ means denatured ethanol for the use as a fuel in internal combustion engines.”; and
(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(3) For the purposes of this Act, where the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 applies in respect of goods specified in that Schedule under the name of spirits, duty of Excise shall be taken to be imposed by the Parliament on those goods notwithstanding that the word ‘Free’ is specified in the column headed ‘Rate of Duty’ in that Schedule as the rate of duty chargeable on those goods.”.
(2) Nothing in sub-section 6(3) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall be taken as implying that, before the commencement of that subsection, duty of Excise was not imposed by the Parliament on all goods specified in the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 under the name of spirits in respect of which that Schedule applied.
Description of licences
4. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
“(c) Experimenters’ licences authorizing the licensee to distill spirits from any material for the purpose of research into the production or use of fuel ethanol, including research relating to the development of technology for such production or use.”.
Collector to grant licence
5. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(2) The Regulations shall prescribe the number of experimenters’ licences that may be in force at any one time, and the Collector shall not grant an experimenter’s licence if that number of such licences is in force.”.
Transfer and cancellation
6. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(2) Without limiting sub-section (1), the Collector may, by notice published in the Gazette, cancel an experimenter’s licence if—
(a) 6 months after the issue of the licence, the licensee has not commenced the distillation authorized by the licence;
(b) the licensee has completed that distillation;
(c) the licensee has discontinued that distillation;
(d) the licensee has suspended that distillation for longer than 6 weeks; or
(e) the licensee is convicted of any offence against this Act.”.
Additional Amendments
7. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.
Schedule 1
8. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by inserting:
“For every experimenter’s licence...$10”
after:
“For every vigneron’s licence...$10”.
SCHEDULE Section 7
additional amendments
Provision amended | Amendment |
Sub-section 6(1) (definition of “Officer” or “Officer of Customs”) | Omit “Customs Act 1901-1973”, substitute “Customs Act 1901”. |
Paragraph 6(2)(a)........ | Omit “twenty”, substitute “20”. |
Paragraph 6(2)(b)........ | Omit “twenty”, substitute “20”. |
Sub-section 8(1)......... | (a) Omit “one hundred and sixty-two a”, substitute “162a”. |
| (b) Omit “one hundred and sixty-two b”, substitute “162b”. |
Section 8............. | Omit “Excise Act 1901-1968”, substitute “Excise Act 1901”. |
Section 10............. | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Sub-section 11(1)........ | Omit “the next succeeding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (2)”. |
Sub-section 11(2)........ | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (1)”. |
Section 11a............ | (a) Omit “the last two preceding sections”, substitute “sections 10 and 11”. |
| (b) Omit “five”, substitute “5”. |
Section 12............. | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Section 21............. | Omit “the thirty-first day of”, substitute “31”. |
Sub-section 22(1)........ | Omit “seven”, substitute “7”. |
Section 30............. | Omit “One hundred dollars”, substitute “$100”. |
Section 31............. | (a) Omit “the previous section”, substitute “section 30”. |
| (b) Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 33............. | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 34............. | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Section 35............. | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 36............. | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 40............. | Omit “forty-five”, substitute “45”. |
Sub-section 50(3)........ | (a) Omit “of this section”. |
| (b) Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (2)”. |
Sub-section 50a(1)....... | Omit “(2) of the last preceding section”, substitute “50(2)”. |
Sub-section 50a(2)....... | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (1)”. |
Section 52............. | Omit “six” (wherever occurring), substitute “6”. |
Section 54............. | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 56............. | Omit “Forty dollars”, substitute “$40”. |
Section 57............. | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Section 57b............ | (a) Omit “eighty per centum”, substitute “80%”. |
| (b) Omit “twenty-five per centum”, substitute “25%”. |
| (c) Omit “the last preceding paragraph”, substitute “paragraph (a)”. |
| (d) Omit “two”, substitute “2”. |
Section 58............. | Omit “Forty dollars”, substitute “$40”. |
Paragraph 59(1)(a)....... | Omit “twenty-three per centum”, substitute “23%”. |
Paragraph 59(1)(b)....... | Omit “seventy-four per centum”, substitute “74%”. |
Sub-section 59(2)........ | (a) Omit “fifty-seven per centum”, substitute “57%”. |
| (b) Omit “one and seven-tenths per centum”, substitute “1.7%”. |
Sub-section 59(2a)....... | Omit “seventy-four per centum”, substitute “74%”. |
Sub-section 59(2a)(a)..... | Omit “sixty-two per centum”, substitute “62%”. |
Paragraph 59(2a)(b)...... | Omit “two”, substitute “2”. |
SCHEDULE—continued
Provision amended | Amendment |
Sub-section 59(2b)..... | (a) Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (2a)”. |
| (b) Omit “two”, substitute “2”. |
Sub-section 59(3)...... | Omit “twenty-four per centum”, substitute “24%”. |
Sub-section 59(4)...... | (a) Omit “twenty-three per centum”, substitute “23%”. |
| (b) Omit “Forty dollars”, substitute “$40”. |
Section 62........... | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 67........... | Omit “Forty dollars”, substitute “$40”. |
Section 68........... | Omit “King’s warehouse”. |
Section 69........... | Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 71........... | Omit “Forty dollars”, substitute “$40”. |
Section 72........... | Omit “One hundred dollars”, substitute “$100”. |
Sub-section 73a(1)..... | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Sub-section 73a(2)..... | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Sub-section 73a(3)..... | Omit “five”, substitute “5”. |
Section 74........... | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Section 76........... | (a) Omit “twenty-three per centum”, substitute “23%”. |
| (b) Omit “One hundred dollars”, substitute “$100”. |
Section 77........... | (a) Omit “ninety”, substitute “90”. |
| (b) Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “$200”. |
Section 77a.......... | Omit “One thousand dollars”, substitute “$1,000”. |
Section 78........... | Omit “One hundred dollars”, substitute “$100”. |
Sub-section 82(1)...... | Omit “Queen’s”. |
Sub-section 82(2)...... | (a) Omit “six”, substitute “6”. |
| (b) Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (1)”. |
Sub-section 82(3)...... | Omit “the last preceding sub-section”, substitute “sub-section (2)”. |
Sub-section 82a(1)..... | Omit “the last preceding section”, substitute “section 82”. |
Paragraph 82a(5)(c)..... | Omit “the last preceding section”, substitute “section 82”. |
Schedule I........... | Omit “the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December”, substitute “1 January to 31 December”. |