EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1985 No. 140
Spirits Regulations (Amendment)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce.
The regulations are part of a package of regulations designed to amend Customs and Excise legislation to reflect revised standards for wines and spirits adopted by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Details of the regulations are as follows:
Regulation 1
Repeals Part 11A of the Spirits Regulations. Part 11A of the Regulations prescribes distilled spirituous liquors for the purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Act. Sections 11 and 12 of the Act were repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1984 (No. 72, 1984). New provisions have been inserted which no longer require the prescription of distilled spirituous liquors.
Regulation 2
• Removes redundant references to “Pure Australian Standard Brandy”, “Australian Blended Brandy”, “Australian Standard Malt Whisky”, “Australian Blended Whisky”, or “Australian Standard Rum” from Form 1 in the Schedule to the Regulations. The revised National Health and Medical Research Council standards now only refer to Australian Brandy, Whisky or Rum; and
• updates the citation of the Act in Forms 1 to 6 in the Schedule to the Regulations.