STATUTORY RULES.
1944. No. 173.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE EXCISE ACT 1901-1942.*
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Excise Act 1901-1942.
Dated this twenty-ninth day of November, 1944.
W. DUGAN
Administrator.
By His Excellency’s Command,
F. M. FORDE
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendments of Excise Regulations 1925.†
Free delivery of dutiable articles.
1. Regulation 21 of the Excise Regulations 1925 is amended by inserting, after the word “Spirits;”, the word “Saccharin;”.
Destruction of leaf by producers and dealers.
2. Regulation 39a of the Excise Regulations 1925 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) all the words after the word “extract” and inserting in their stead the words “and by subsequently disposing of any residue by burning or by such other means as the Collector approves”.
3. Regulation 161 of the Excise Regulations 1925 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Definition.
“161. In these Regulations, ‘petrol’ includes benzine, benzol, gasoline, naphtha, pentane and any petroleum, shale or coal tar distillate dutiable under the Excise Tariff.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1944.
† Statutory Rules 1925, No. 181, as amended by Statutory Rules 1926, No. 70; 1928, No. 131; 1929, Nos. 74, 92, and 97; 1930, No. 71; 1931, Nos. 25 and 43; 1932, Nos. 13, 51, 105 and 129; 1933, Nos. 37 and 103; 1934, Nos. 9, 65, and 76; 1936, Nos. 26, 56, and 99; 1939, Nos. 5, 39, 60, 121, and 169; 1940, Nos. 17 and 48; 1941, No. 313; 1942, Nos. 291, 335 and 387; and 1943, Nos. 22 and 140.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
6625.—Price 3d. 9/1.11.1944.