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Change 1
As published
1 Low-strength wine, made-wine and cider.
(1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (the alcoholic liquors dutiable under the Act) in subsections (4) and (5) (definitions of “wine” and “made-wine”) after the words “any liquor” there shall in both cases be inserted “ which is of a strength exceeding 1.2 per cent and which is ”.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) In section 59(1) (prohibition on rendering wine and made-wine sparkling) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
(b) is wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent.
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(5) Subsections (2) and (4) above—
(a) shall apply in relation to liquor imported into, or produced in, the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 1995, and
(b) as regards any provision about liquor removed to the United Kingdom from the Isle of Man, shall also apply in relation to liquor so removed on or after that date.
(6) Subsection (3) above shall apply in relation to liquor imported into, or made in, the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 1995.
Your change, as a redline
1 Low-strength wine, made-wine and cider.
(1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (the alcoholic liquors dutiable under the Act) in subsections (4) and (5) (definitions of “wine” and “made-wine”) after the words “any liquor” there shall in both cases be inserted “ which is of a strength exceeding 1.2 per cent and which is ”.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) In section 59(1) (prohibition on rendering wine and made-wine sparkling) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
(b) is wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent.
.
(5) Subsections (2) and (4) above—
(a) shall apply in relation to liquor imported into, or produced in, the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 1995, and
(b) as regards any provision about liquor removed to the United Kingdom from the Isle of Man, shall also apply in relation to liquor so removed on or after that date.
(6) Subsection (3) above shall apply in relation to liquor imported into, or made in, the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 1995.
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