SPIRITS.

No. 24 of 1935.

An Act to amend the Spirits Act 1906–1932, and to repeal the Spirits Act 1933.

[Assented to 13th April, 1935.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)  This Act may be cited as the Spirits Act 1935.

(2.)   The Spirits Act 1906–1932 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)   The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Spirits Act 1906–1935.

Interpretation.

2.   Section three of the Principal Act is amended:—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of “Australian Standard Malt Whisky” the word “three” and inserting in its stead the word “two;” and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of “Australian Blended Whisky” the word “three” and inserting in its stead the word “two.”

Imported spirits to be matured.

3.   Section eleven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the proviso to that section and inserting in its stead the following proviso:—

“Provided that, on and after the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, in the case of imported whisky, the period of maturity by storage in wood shall not be less than three years.”.

Australian spirits to be matured.

4.   Section twelve of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the first proviso; and

(b) by omitting from the second proviso the word “further”.

Repeal of Spirits Act 1933.

5.   The Spirits Act 1933 is hereby repealed.