DISTILLATION REGULATIONS
- In force under the Distillation Act 1901
- Updated as at 18 April 1994 (HISTREG CHAP 773 #DATE 18:04:1994)
*1* The Distillation Regulations (in force under the Distillation Act 1901) as
shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1926 No. 206 amended as
indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Statutory Rules
Year and Date of Date of Application, saving or
number notification in commencement transitional provisions
Gazette
1926 No. 206 22 Dec 1926 23 Dec 1926
1927 No. 91 18 Aug 1927 13 Aug 1927 -
1929 No. 105 19 Sept 1929 13 Sept 1929 -
1934 No. 71 7 June 1934 7 June 1934 -
1940 No. 281 12 Dec 1940 12 Dec 1940 -
1946 No. 34 21 Feb 1946 21 Feb 1946 -
76 2 May 1946 2 May 1946 -
123 25 July 1946 25 July 1946 -
1947 No. 26 28 Feb 1947 28 Feb 1947 -
84 26 June 1947 1 July 1947 -
141 7 Oct 1947 7 Oct 1947 -
1948 No. 96 29 July 1948 29 July 1948 -
1949 No. 97 25 Nov 1949 25 Nov 1949 -
1951 No. 80 23 July 1951 23 July 1951 -
105 18 Sept 1951 18 Sept 1951 -
1952 No. 98 6 Nov 1952 6 Nov 1952 -
1954 No. 23 18 Mar 1954 18 Mar 1954 -
108 28 Oct 1954 28 Oct 1954 -
1955 No. 64 29 Sept 1955 29 Sept 1955 -
1956 No. 129 24 Dec 1956 24 Dec 1956 -
1957 No. 14 28 Mar 1957 28 Mar 1957 -
1960 No. 28 29 Apr 1960 29 Apr 1960 -
1961 No. 62 28 Apr 1961 28 Apr 1961 -
1962 No. 110 13 Dec 1962 13 Dec 1962 -
1963 No. 148 24 Dec 1963 24 Dec 1963 -
1965 No. 196 24 Dec 1965 24 Dec 1965 -
1966 No. 72 31 Mar 1966 31 Mar 1966 -
175 2 Dec 1966 2 Dec 1966 -
1969 No. 154 26 Sept 1969 1 Oct 1969 (see -
r. 1 and
Gazette 1969,
p. 5771)
188 4 Dec 1969 4 Dec 1969 -
206 18 Dec 1969 18 Dec 1969 R. 3
1970 No. 115 27 Aug 1970 27 Aug 1970 -
1971 No. 61 20 May 1971 20 May 1971 -
172 22 Dec 1971 22 Dec 1971 -
1972 No. 93 29 June 1972 1 July 1972 -
1973 No. 259 12 Dec 1973 12 Dec 1973 -
1980 No. 113 30 May 1980 30 May 1980 -
375 31 Dec 1980 31 Dec 1980 -
1981 No. 165 30 June 1981 30 June 1981 -
173 30 June 1981 30 June 1981 -
266 24 Sept 1981 24 Sept 1981 -
1982 No. 139 25 June 1982 25 June 1982 -
256 1 Oct 1982 1 Oct 1982 -
1990 No. 219 4 July 1990 4 July 1990 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
Heading preceding r.1 rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 1A ad. 1969 No. 154
Heading preceding r. 2 rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 2 am. 1962 No. 110; 1981 No. 173
R. 3 rs. 1962 No. 110
am. 1969 No. 206; 1981 No. 173
R. 4 am. 1947 No. 141; 1969 No. 154;
1981 No. 173
Headings to r. 5 rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 5 am. 1927 No. 91; 1962 No. 110; 1966
No. 72; 1972 No. 93
Heading preceding r. 5A ad. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 5A ad. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
Heading preceding r. 6 rep. 1966 No. 72
R. 6 am. 1940 No. 281
rep. 1966 No. 72
Rr. 7, 8 rep. 1966 No. 72
Heading preceding r. 9 rep. 1981 No. 173
Rr. 9, 10 rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 11 rep. 1954 No. 108
Heading to r. 12 rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 12 am. 1954 No. 108
R. 13 am. 1954 No. 108
rep. 1969 No. 154
Rr. 14-24 rep. 1954 No. 108
R. 25A ad. 1954 No. 108
rep. 1962 No. 110
R. 30 am. 1966 No. 72; 1969 No. 154
R. 31 am. 1946 No. 123; 1947 No. 141; 1954
No. 108
rs. 1962 No. 110; 1966 No. 72; 1969
No. 154
Rr. 32-37 rep. 1946 No. 123
R. 40 rs. 1969 No. 154
R. 41 am. 1954 No. 108
rs. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 42 am. 1954 No. 108; 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 43 am. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
Heading preceding r. 44 rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 44 rs. 1954 No. 108
am. 1962 No. 110
Heading preceding r. 45 rep. 1981 No. 173
Rr. 46, 47 rep. 1962 No. 110
Heading preceding r. 47A rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 47A ad. 1954 No. 108
R. 49 am. 1972 No. 93
R. 51 am. 1940 No. 281; 1972 No. 93
R. 54 am. 1954 No. 108
rep. 1957 No. 14
R. 56 am. 1972 No. 93
R. 57 rs. 1969 No. 154
rep. 1990 No. 219
R. 58 rep. 1969 No. 154
Rr. 59, 60 rs. 1934 No. 71
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 61 rs. 1934 No. 71
am. 1969 No. 154
R. 61A ad. 1954 No. 108
am. 1957 No. 14; 1969 No. 154
R. 64 am. 1972 No. 93
R. 66 rs. 1966 No. 72
R. 67 am. 1966 No. 72
rs. 1969 No. 154
R. 68 am. 1940 No. 281
rs. 1946 No. 76
am. 1954 No. 108
rs. 1962 No. 110
am. 1969 No. 154
R. 69 am. 1954 No. 108
rs. 1969 No. 154
R. 71 am. 1966 No. 72
rs. 1969 No. 154
rep. 1990 No. 219
R. 72 am. 1934 No. 71; 1966 No. 72
rs. 1969 No. 154
rep. 1990 No. 219
R. 72A ad. 1969 No. 154
rep. 1990 No. 219
R. 73 am. 1954 No. 108; 1957 No. 14; 1962
No. 110
R. 76 am. 1954 No. 108
rep. 1966 No. 72
R. 77 am. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
Heading preceding r. 77A rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 77A ad. 1954 No. 108
R. 78 am. 1972 No. 93
R. 79 rs. 1957 No. 14
R. 82 am. 1966 No. 72
rs. 1969 No. 154
R. 83 rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 84 rep. 1940 No. 281
R. 85 am. 1940 No. 281; 1962 No. 110
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 86 rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 88 am. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 89 am. 1940 No. 281
rep. 1962 No. 110
R. 91 rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 92 rs. 1946 No. 34
rep. 1962 No. 110
Heading preceding r. 93 rep. 1981 No. 173
Heading preceding r. 94 rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 94 am. 1962 No. 110; 1981 No. 173
R. 95 rs. 1962 No. 110
am. 1969 No. 206; 1981 No. 173
R. 96 am. 1947 No. 141; 1969 No. 154; 1981
No. 173
R. 97 rs. 1947 No. 141; 1972 No. 93
R. 98 am. 1969 No. 154
R. 100 rs. 1972 No. 93
Rr. 104, 105 rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 109 rs. 1954 No. 108
am. 1966 No. 72
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 110 am. 1940 No. 281; 1954 No. 108
rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 111 am. 1940 No. 281
rep. 1962 No. 110
R. 112 rep. 1962 No. 110
R. 113 rep. 1969 No. 154
R. 114 am. 1969 No. 154
Heading preceding r. 116 rep. 1961 No. 62
R. 116 rep. 1957 No. 14
ad. 1981 No. 173
Heading preceding r. 117 rep. 1961 No. 62
Rr. 117-119 rep. 1954 No. 108
ad. 1981 No. 173
Rr. 120-124 rep. 1954 No. 108
Heading preceding r. 125 ad. 1961 No. 62
rep. 1972 No. 93
Rr. 125, 126 rep. 1972 No. 93
Heading to r. 127 rep. 1981 No. 173
Heading to r. 128 rep. 1981 No. 173
Heading to r. 129 rep. 1981 No. 173
Heading preceding r. 130 ad. 1947 No. 26
rep. 1981 No. 173
R. 130 ad. 1947 No. 26
am. 1962 No. 110
R. 131 ad. 1947 No. 26
rs. 1962 No. 110
R. 132 ad. 1947 No. 26
rep. 1962 No. 110
R. 133 ad. 1947 No. 26
am. 1947 No. 84; 1949 No. 97; 1951 No.
80; 1952 No. 98; 1954 No. 23; 1955
No. 64; 1956 No. 129; 1960 No. 28;
1962 No. 110; 1963 No. 148; 1965 No.
196; 1966 No. 175; 1969 No. 188;
1970 No. 115; 1971 Nos. 61 and 172;
1973 No. 259; 1980 Nos. 113 and 372;
1981 Nos. 165 and 266; 1982 Nos. 139
and 256
R. 134 ad. 1948 No. 96
rep. 1962 No. 110
Heading to Repeal regulation rep. 1981 No. 173
Schedule am. 1929 No. 105; 1940 No. 281; 1946
No. 34; 1951 No. 105; 1954 No. 108;
1957 No. 14; 1961 No. 62; 1962 No.
110; 1966 No. 72; 1969 No. 154; 1972
No. 93; 1981 No. 173
Form 1 1926 No. 206
rs. 1962 No. 110
am. 1981 No. 173
Form 2 1926 No. 206
rep. 1962 No. 110
ad. 1981 No. 173
Form 3 1926 No. 206
rs. 1940 No. 281
Form 4 1926 No. 206
Form 5 1926 No. 206
rs. 1940 No. 281
Form 6 1926 No. 206
Form 7 1926 No. 206
am. 1940 No. 281
rs. 1954 No. 108; 1962 No. 110
rep. 1966 No. 72
Form 7A ad. 1940 No. 281
rs. 1962 No. 110
rep. 1966 No. 72
Forms 8, 9 1926 No. 206
rep. 1969 No. 154
Form 10 1926 No. 206
rep. 1940 No. 281
Form 11 1926 No. 206
am. 1927 No. 105; 1940 No. 281
rs. 1951 No. 105
am. 1954 No. 108
rs. 1961 No. 62
rep. 1969 No. 154
Form 12 1926 No. 206
am. 1946 No. 34
rep. 1962 No. 110
Form 13 1926 No. 206
rs. 1940 No. 281
Form 14 1926 No. 206
Form 15 1926 No. 206
rep. 1969 No. 154
Form 16 1926 No. 206
rep. 1954 No. 108
Form 17 1926 No. 206
rep. 1940 No. 281
Forms 18-20 1926 No. 206
rep. 1957 No. 14
Table A 1926 No. 206
rep. 1969 No. 154
Table B 1926 No. 206
rep. 1954 No. 108
Tables C, D 1926 No. 206
rep. 1972 No. 93
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
1A. Interpretation
2. Application for spirit maker's licence
3. Fee for spirit maker's licence application
4. Security-application for spirit maker's licence
5. Requirements in relation to distilleries licensed under spirit
maker's licence
12. Production of spirits liable to duty
25. Conveyance of wash
26. Direction of flow
27. Conveyance of low wines
28. Conveyance of spirits
29. Re-distillation of spirits
30. Recording of quantity of spirits produced
31. Recording of quantity of beer, wine or wash conveyed to still
38. Products to be kept separate
39. Feints from previous distillation
40. Removal of low wines, feints or spirits from receiver
44. Permit to re-distil spirits
45. Storage of distillery material
47A. Interpretation of cask in regulations 48 to 77
48. Spirit store
49. Construction of the spirit store
50. Spirits kept in spirit store
51. Vats
52. Hours of opening spirit store
53. Filling of casks
55. Distillery identification
56. Identification of casks
61. Duty on blended spirits
61A. Fortified Australian wine used as flavouring
62. Deficiency of spirits
63. Spirit blending
64. Clarification of cloudy spirits
65. Reduction of spirits
66. Notice to bottle spirits
67. Packaging of spirits
68. Labelling of spirits
69. Fixing labels
70. Calculation of quantity of spirits
73. Filled casks and other vessels
74. Re-vatting stored spirits
75. Gauging of vats
77A. Interpretation of cask in regulations 78 to 92
78. Spirit warehouse
79. Casks to be marked
80. Casks to remain unaltered
81. Arrangement of casks
82. Leakage of spirits
87. Additives not permitted
90. Duty paid on spirits
93. Methylated spirits
94. Application for vigneron's licence
95. Fee for vigneron's licence application
96. Security-application for vigneron's licence
97. Granting or renewal of vigneron's licence
98. Construction of vigneron's spirit store
99. Approval of construction
100. Capacity of receivers
101. Connection of receivers
102. Maintenance of equipment
103. Notice of distilling time
106. Sampling
107. Deficiencies to be accounted for
108. Approved storage vats or vessels
114. Sale or removal from spirit store
115. Portable still
116. Application for experimenter's licence
117. Security-application for experimenter's licence
118. Form of experimenter's licence
119. Number of experimenters' licences
127. Dealing with samples
128. Declarations
129. Forms and tables
130. Working days and hours
131. Variation of days and hours
133. Payment for services of officers
SCHEDULE
Forms
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 1
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Distillation Regulations.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 1A
Interpretation
1A. (1) In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Distillation Act
1901-1968.
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(2) In these Regulations:
(a) references to the bottling of spirits shall be read as references to the
putting-up of spirits into a bottle, flask or can; and
(b) references to a bottle of spirits shall, unless the contrary intention
appears, be read as references to a bottle, flask or can of spirits.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 2
Application for spirit maker's licence
2. An application for a spirit maker's licence shall be in accordance with
Form 1, and shall comply with all the requirements indicated therein.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 3
Fee for spirit maker's licence application
3. (1) A spirit maker's licence shall be in accordance with Form 3 or Form
5.
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(2) The annual fee for a spirit maker's licence is Ten dollars.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 4
Security - application for spirit maker's licence
4. (1) The security required to be given by section 18 of the Act in respect
of an application for a spirit maker's licence shall be in accordance with
Form 4 or Form 6.
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(2) The amount of the security referred to in subregulation (1) shall be
such amount, being not less than One thousand dollars and not more than Ten
thousand dollars, as the Collector determines.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 5
Requirements in relation to distilleries licensed under spirit maker's
licence
5. The following requirements must be complied with to the satisfaction of
the Collector in relation to every distillery licensed under a Spirit Maker's
licence:
(a) The premises must admit of the proper supervision of operations by
officers.
(b) When required by the Collector the premises must be securely walled or
fenced, and furnished with substantial gates, which shall be provided with
locks approved by the Collector.
(c) There must be on the premises:
(i) A material store or material tank for the reception of material;
(ii) A spirit store for the storing of spirits pending warehousing
or for storing of spirits in vats during the process of maturing;
(iii) A warehouse for the warehousing of spirits, provided that this
requirement may be waived subject to the approval of the Comptroller.
(d) The name of every store-house or room must be painted in oil colours in
conspicuous letters on the outside of its door.
(e) Except by permission the premises must not be within 90 metres in a
direct line from any brewery or from the premises of a cordial manufacturer or
from the premises of a seller of spirits.
(f) There must be erected in the still-house:
(i) A still capable of exhausting in the case of a general
distiller's licence at least 675 litres of wash in an hour, and in the case of
a wine distiller's licence at least 225 litres in an hour, or a wash still
capable of containing at least 2,700 litres, and also capable of containing
double the quantity which the low wines or spirit still is capable of
containing.
In lieu of one still of the required capacity two or more stills aggregating
the required capacity shall suffice.
(ii) Also if the still is of such a kind that the produce of the
wash on the first distillation is spirits and feints:
One wash charger,
One feints receiver,
One spirit receiver;
(iii) Also if the still is of such a kind that the produce of the
wash on the first distillation is low wines, then in addition to the above:
One low wines receiver,
One low wines and feints charger.
(g) In every fermenting back:
(i) There must be a discharge cock or plug and plughole, through
which all wash in the back may be conveyed by a pipe or open trough into the
wash charger, or by authority through a close metal pipe direct to the still;
(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (i) and except the pipe
admitting the wort and a sewer cock or plug and plughole for carrying off the
water with which the back is cleansed, there must be no other pipe or outlet;
Provided that:
(iii) When the conversion of the starch contents and fermentation
take place simultaneously, the fermenting vessel may be provided with other
necessary apparatus and outlet pipes capable of being securely fastened.
(h) Every wash charger:
(i) Must be of a capacity of not less than half that of the largest
fermenting back or as approved by the Collector in cases where the capacity of
the fermenting backs exceeds 45,500 litres;
(ii) Must be connected:
(1) With the fermenting backs by one close metal pipe with one end fixed
into a pump placed in a pipe or trough communicating with the fermenting back
and the other end fixed into the wash charger;
(2) with the wash stills by one close metal pipe with a branch to each still
or to the intermediate still charger;
(3) with the feints receiver by a close pump or metal pipe; and so that:
(iii) There must be a cock on each of the connecting pipes.
(i) Every low wines receiver:
(i) Must be connected with the safe at the end of the worm of the
wash still by one close metal pipe attached to and leading directly from the
safe, so that all low wines running from the safe into the pipe shall
immediately be discharged into the receiver;
(ii) Must have fixed in it a pump, or discharge cock, for the
conveyance of low wines into the low wines and feints charger.
(j) Every feints receiver:
(i) Must be connected with the safe at the end of the worm of the
still by one close metal pipe attached to and leading directly from the safe,
so that all feints running from the safe into the pipe shall immediately be
discharged into the feints receiver;
(ii) Must have fixed in it a pump, or discharge cock, for the
conveyance of feints into the low wines and feints charger or wash charger.
(k) Every low wines and feints charger:
(i) Must be connected with the still by a close metal pipe with a
cock thereon, one end of the pipe being fixed into the bottom of the charger
and the other attached to the pump or to the still;
(ii) Must be connected with the low wines receiver and feints
receiver by close metal pipes, whereof one end must be fixed into the charger
and the other end attached to the pump or discharge cock fixed in each
receiver.
(l) Every spirit receiver:
(i) Must be connected with the safe at the end of the worm of the
still by one close metal pipe secured with a locked union joint at its
junction with the safe, and leading directly from the safe, so that all
spirits running from the safe into the pipe shall immediately be discharged
into the receiver;
(ii) Must have fixed therein a proper discharge cock or other
applicance for drawing off the spirits.
(m) Every low wines receiver, feints receiver, low wines and feints charger
and spirit receiver:
(i) Must be a closely-covered vessel; and
(ii) Except as already specified, must have no outlet.
(n) Unless the Collector by writing under his hand otherwise permits, every
vat in which spirits are to be stored must be close-covered and secured with
fastenings.
(o) The still and the furnace door thereof, and every cock, valve, or pipe
conveying steam into or about the still must be provided with fastenings so
that they can be securely locked.
There must be an air-valve on the still.
An enclosed and secure safe must be connected with the end of the worm.
(p) A discharge cock must be fixed to every still not more than 1 metre
distant from the body of the still, and firmly attached to the still by a
close metal pipe, and must be so placed as to be easily accessible to an
officer.
(q) Every pipe must be so fixed and placed as to be capable of being
examined for the whole of its length.
(r) The pipes must be painted and kept painted in oil colours as follows:
If for the conveyance of:
Wort or wash Red Low wines or feints Blue Spirits Black Water White.
(s) Every cock and pump must be fitted with fastenings for securing it by a
lock being a lock supplied by the Collector at the expense of the distiller or
a lock approved by the Collector and provided by the distiller.
(t) On the top of every charger and receiver, and of every vat for keeping
spirits, there must be a dipping hole at which an officer can conveniently
take his dip or gauge of the contents.
A metal plate must be fixed at the dipping hole to secure it from being worn
or altered.
The dipping hole must have a cover and be fitted with a fastening to secure it
by lock.
(u) The name of every fixed vessel must be painted thereon in oil colours
and in conspicuous letters, and where more than one vessel is used for the
same purpose, distinctive numbers in arithmetical progression commencing with
1, must also be painted thereon.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 12
Production of spirits liable to duty
12. No distiller shall, except by authority, begin to use any material for
the production of spirits liable to one rate of duty until all spirits
produced liable to any other rate of duty have been conveyed into the spirit
or feints receiver.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 25
Conveyance of wash
25. All wash must be conveyed directly into the wash charger and thence into
the still for distillation or directly from the back into the still.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 26
Direction of flow
26. All low wines, feints, and spirits running from the worm of the still
must run thence directly through the safe at the end of the worm.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 27
Conveyance of low wines
27. All low wines shall be conveyed directly from the safe into the low
wines receiver and thence directly into the low wines and feints charger and
thence directly into the still for re-distillation.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 28
Conveyance of spirits
28. All spirits must be conveyed directly from the safe into the feints
receiver or spirit receiver.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 29
Re-distillation of spirits
29. All spirits conveyed into the feints receiver must be conveyed thence
into the low wines and feints charger or wash charger or intermediate still
charger and thence into the still for re-distillation unless permission be
granted by the Collector for the discharge of the feints direct from the
feints receiver into the still.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 30
Recording of quantity of spirits produced
30. Except by authority no access shall be had to the end of the worm of any
still or to any low wines feints or spirits from the time of the extraction or
distillation thereof in the still unless the distiller has recorded the
quantity of spirits produced.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 31
Recording of quantity of beer, wine or wash conveyed to still
31. (1) Where the Collector has directed a distiller to keep any records in
respect of beer, wine or wash that is conveyed to a still, the distiller shall
not convey any beer, wine or wash to a still:
(a) unless he has recorded those particulars; or
(b) unless the distiller, or any employee of the distiller, authorized by
the distiller for the purpose, has signed his name opposite to or immediately
under the entry of those particulars in the records of the distiller.
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(2) An officer may direct a distiller not to convey beer, wine or wash to a
still until the officer has assessed the quantity to be so conveyed.
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(3) A distiller shall comply with a direction given to him by an officer
under the last preceding subregulation.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 38
Products to be kept separate
38. All wash and produce from wine or beer shall, throughout the whole
course of its distillation and until the removal of the spirits to the spirit
store, be kept unmixed and separate from all else.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 39
Feints from previous distillation
39. All feints produced by and remaining from a previous distillation may be
mixed with the low wines or feints produced by a subsequent distillation, and
the process of re-distilling feints may be repeated as often as the distiller
thinks fit, provided that the mixed feints must be the produce of the same
kind of material.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 40
Removal of low wines, feints or spirits from receiver
40. (1) A Collector may, by instrument under his hand, grant a distiller
permission to remove low wines, feints or spirits from a receiver.
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(2) The power conferred by the last preceding subregulation may be exercised
by granting permission to remove low wines, feints or spirits from a
receiver:
(a) at any time;
(b) on a specified occasion; or
(c) in circumstances included in a specified class of circumstances.
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(3) Without limiting the generality of the last preceding subregulation, a
permission may authorize the removal of low wines, feints or spirits only if
the distiller complies with specified conditions or restrictions.
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(4) A distiller shall not remove any low wines, feints or spirits from a
receiver except in accordance with permission granted under this regulation
that authorizes the removal.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 44
Permit to re-distil spirits
44. (1) The Collector may, upon application in writing by a distiller,
permit the distiller to re-distil spirits which are in his distillery.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 45
Storage of distillery material
45. All material in a distillery which is capable of use for distillation or
in connexion therewith, shall unless when being so used be kept in the
material store.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 47A
Interpretation of cask in regulations 48 to 77
47A. For the purposes of regulations 48 to 77 (inclusive) of these
Regulations, "cask" includes drum and any other vessel approved by the
Collector.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 48
Spirit store
48. The spirit store is for the purpose of carrying on therein the
flavouring, colouring, blending, and bottling of spirits, and the putting of
spirits into casks. Spirits may also be stored in the spirit store during the
process of maturing.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 49
Construction of the spirit store
49. The spirit store must be:
(a) Constructed of stone, brick, concrete, or other approved fireproof
material.
(b) Have all its windows secured with solid iron bars not less than 25
millimetres in diameter so fixed therein that the spacers between the bars and
between the bars and the wall do not exceed 155 millimetres in width.
(c) Have all its windows covered with close wire netting.
(d) Have all its doors strongly constructed and sheeted on the inside with
iron.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 50
Spirits kept in spirit store
50. Only spirits in vats and in vessels approved by the Collector shall be
kept in the spirit store. When vat is referred to the reference shall include
any approved vessel.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 51
Vats
51. Each vat must be:
(a) Of the capacity in the case of a general distillery of not less than 900
litres, and in the case of a wine distillery of not less than 350 litres:
Provided that the Collector may permit vessels of smaller capacity to be used
for storing vat ullages until such time as the ullages may be conveniently
removed to the spirit warehouse or blended with other spirit in the spirit
store, but in no case for a longer period than the period (if any) specified
by the Collector when granting permission.
(b) Unless otherwise permitted by the Collector, erected at least 1 metre
from the ground or floor.
(c) So placed that the whole exterior surface can without inconvenience be
thoroughly inspected.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 52
Hours of opening spirit store
52. The spirit store shall be opened during such hours only as the Collector
may direct.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 53
Filling of casks
53. No empty cask shall be taken into the spirit store except for the
purpose of being immediately filled with spirit from a vat, and when these
casks are filled they must not remain in the spirit store more than
twenty-four hours except by authority.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 55
Distillery identification
55. The Collector shall advise each distiller of the letter allotted to his
distillery, to be called the distillery letter, and the number representing
the State in which the distillery is situated, to be called the State number.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 56
Identification of casks
56. Every cask brought into the spirit store must be in sound condition and
have legibly cut or branded or painted in oil colours the following
particulars:
On the outside of one end of the cask the name of the distiller or of the
distillery, the place where the distillery is situated, and the distillery
letter placed directly above the State number, thus,
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On the other end of the cask its consecutive number and its weight, and when
filled with spirits, the number of litres it contains, and when rates of duty
differ according to the material from which the spirits are made a letter
denoting the material from which the spirits are made.
The Collector may, on the application of a purchaser of the spirits, permit
the erasure from the casks of the name of the distiller or of the distillery,
and of the place where the distillery is situated, and the substitution of the
trade name and mark of the purchaser, provided that the distillery letter,
State number, and the bond marks are preserved undefaced, and that the words
"Made in Australia" are legibly cut, or branded or painted in oil colours on
the casks.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 61
Duty on blended spirits
61. If imported spirits are to be mixed with Australian spirits for
exportation only, then no duty shall be charged on the imported spirits, but
if imported flavouring spirits are to be mixed with spirits for home
consumption, then, if the rate of duty on the imported spirits is greater than
the rate of duty payable on the spirits distilled in Australia, the difference
between such rates of duty shall be paid on the flavouring spirits before
removal from the warehouse licensed under the Customs Act 1901-1968 to the
spirit store of the distiller.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 61A
Fortified Australian wine used as flavouring
61A. (1) The Collector may, on the application of a distiller, grant
permission for the removal of fortified Australian wine from a place declared
to be an approved place under section 5A of the Excise Act 1901-1968 to the
distiller's spirit store for the purpose of flavouring whisky, brandy or rum.
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(2) The distiller shall, at the time of the application, submit for the
Collector's approval a sample of the wine intended to be used as flavouring.
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(4) Fortified Australian wine removed under this regulation shall remain
subject to the control of the Customs.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 62
Deficiency of spirits
62. The dip of any vats containing spirits may at any time be taken by an
officer, and if any deficiency of spirits has taken place which cannot be
attributed to natural loss, the distiller shall pay duty on the quantity of
spirits so found deficient.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 63
Spirit blending
63. The spirits in the spirit store may be blended.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 64
Clarification of cloudy spirits
64. The clarification of cloudy spirits may be allowed by the addition
thereto of a solution of alum in the proportion of not more than 4 litres of
such solution to every 1,000 litres of spirits, or by means of any other
treatment approved by the Comptroller.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 65
Reduction of spirits
65. A distiller may, by adding water thereto, reduce any spirits in the vat
in the spirit store.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 66
Notice to bottle spirits
66. A distiller shall not, except with the approval of the Collector, bottle
spirits in his distillery unless he has given not less than twenty-four hours'
notice of his intention so to do.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 67
Packaging of spirits
67. Where spirits that have been bottled in a distillery are not removed
from the distillery immediately after they have been bottled, the distiller
shall cause the bottles of spirits to be packed into outer containers each of
which contains only bottles of a like capacity.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 68
Labelling of spirits
68. (1) A distiller shall label every bottle of spirits with the words
"Produce of Australia", "Made in Australia" or other words approved by the
Collector indicating that the spirits have been distilled in Australia and
with:
(a) the name of the place where the spirits were bottled and the name of:
(i) the distiller who bottled the spirits; or
(ii) the distillery where they were bottled; or
(b) the distillery letter and State number of the distillery where the
spirits were bottled.
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(2) A distiller shall paint or brand on each case in which spirits have been
packed:
(a) the name of the place where the spirits were bottled and the name of:
(i) the distiller who bottled the spirits; or
(ii) the distillery where they were bottled; or
(b) the distillery letter and State number of the distillery where the
spirits were bottled.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 69
Fixing labels
69. A distiller shall not cause or permit a label to be affixed to a bottle
of spirits unless a label of a like kind has been furnished to the Collector.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 70
Calculation of quantity of spirits
70. The quantity of spirits in any cask or bottle may be calculated by
weight, measure, or gauge, as the Collector may direct.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 73
Filled casks and other vessels
73. All casks and other vessels when filled with spirits, shall be conveyed
to the spirit warehouse of the distiller unless they are to be removed from
the distillery forthwith.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 74
Re-vatting stored spirits
74. A distiller may, by authority, re-vat in his spirit store, any spirits
stored in his spirit warehouse.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 75
Gauging of vats
75. Vats may be gauged by an officer whenever he deems it necessary.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 77A
Interpretation of cask in regulations 78 to 92
77A. For the purposes of regulations 78 to 92 (inclusive) of these
Regulations, "cask" includes drum and any other vessel approved by the
Collector.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 78
Spirit warehouse
78. The spirit warehouse must:
(a) Be substantially built of stone, brick, concrete, or approved fire-proof
material.
(b) Have all its windows secured with solid iron bars not less than 25
millimetres in diameter, so fixed therein that the spaces between the bars and
between the bars and the wall do not exceed 155 millimetres in width.
(c) Have all its windows covered with close wire netting.
(d) Have all its doors strongly constructed and sheeted on the inside with
iron.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 79
Casks to be marked
79. A cask shall not be taken into the spirit warehouse unless it is marked
as required by regulation 56.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 80
Casks to remain unaltered
80. None of the particulars on a cask shall be altered in any way whilst in
the spirit warehouse, except by permission of the Collector under regulation
56.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 81
Arrangement of casks
81. Casks must be arranged, stacked, or stowed so that an officer may pass
easily between every tier.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 82
Leakage of spirits
82. Where spirits leak from a cask in a distillery, the distiller shall, as
soon as possible after the discovery of the leakage:
(a) cause the cask to be repaired so as to prevent further leakage;
(b) ascertain the quantity of spirits that has leaked from the cask; and
(c) inform the Collector of the occurrence of the leakage and of the
quantity of spirits lost.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 87
Additives not permitted
87. Nothing shall be added to spirits in the spirit warehouse.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 90
Duty paid on spirits
90. All spirits in the spirit warehouse upon which the duty has been paid
must be removed forthwith from the distillery.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 93
Methylated spirits
93. Spirits may be methylated and entered for home consumption in a
distillery as in the case of spirits warehoused under the Customs Act
1901-1925.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 94
Application for vigneron's licence
94. The application for a vigneron's licence shall be in accordance with
Form 1, and shall comply with all the requirements indicated therein.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 95
Fee for vigneron's licence application
95. (1) A vigneron's licence shall be in accordance with Form 13.
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(2) The annual fee for a vigneron's licence is Ten dollars.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 96
Security - application for vigneron's licence
96. (1) The security required to be given by section 18 of the Act in
respect of an application for a vigneron's licence shall be in accordance with
Form 14.
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(2) The amount of the security referred to in subregulation (1) shall be
such amount, being not less than One thousand dollars and not more than Ten
thousand dollars, as the Collector determines.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 97
Granting or renewal of vigneron's licence
97. A vigneron's licence shall only be granted or renewed in respect of:
(a) a pot still capable of containing more than 1,100 litres but less than
2,750 litres; or
(b) a continuous still capable of exhausting more than 200 litres but less
than 700 litres of wine in an hour.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 98
Construction of vigneron's spirit store
98. Before a vigneron's licence shall be granted or renewed there must be
erected upon the premises a spirit store which must:
(a) Be a building of stone, brick, concrete, or other approved material.
(b) Have its windows secured with iron bars, and covered with close wire
netting.
(c) Have its door strongly constructed, sheeted on the inside with iron, and
provided by the vigneron with an approved lock, the key of which shall be kept
by him.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 99
Approval of construction
99. The building, the securing of the windows, and of the door must be to
the satisfaction of the Collector.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 100
Capacity of receivers
100. A feints receiver of not less than 150 litres capacity and a spirit
receiver of not less than 270 litres capacity must be kept in the spirit
store.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 101
Connection of receivers
101. The still, the feints receiver, and the spirit receiver must be
connected in such manner and be provided with such cocks, pipes, and fittings,
as the Collector may direct.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 102
Maintenance of equipment
102. Every vigneron shall keep his still and the receivers and fittings
connected therewith in good repair and in a clean condition.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 103
Notice of distilling time
103. Every vigneron shall give to the Collector at least three days' notice
of the day and hour when he intends to commence distilling.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 106
Sampling
106. Any officer may take samples of the wine or lees of wine about to be
distilled, and may by distillation ascertain the percentage of spirit
contained in the wine or lees of wine.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 107
Deficiencies to be accounted for
107. If the quantity of spirits produced is less than the quantity of
spirits which should have been produced, the vigneron shall pay duty on the
deficiency, unless such deficiency is explained to the satisfaction of the
Collector, and no distilling operations or mixing of spirits with wine shall
be allowed until the duty demanded on any deficiency has been paid, or until
such deficiency is accounted for to the satisfaction of the Collector.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 108
Approved storage vats or vessels
108. All spirits distilled under a vigneron's licence shall be kept in the
spirit store in vats or vessels approved by the Collector, and so placed as to
be easily examined, and no spirits shall be kept elsewhere on the premises
specified in the licence.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 114
Sale or removal from spirit store
114. Any vigneron may, by permission, sell any surplus spirits, or remove
the same to a place declared to be an approved place under section 5A of the
Excise Act 1901-1968.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 115
Portable still
115. Two or more vignerons having each a vigneron's licence may, by
permission, use a portable still, to be removed from time to time to the
licensed premises where its use is required, or a still situated on the
premises of one of them.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 116
Application for experimenter's licence
116. An application for an experimenter's licence shall be in accordance
with Form 1.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 117
Security-application for experimenter's licence
117. The security required to be given by section 18 of the Act in respect
of an application for an experimenter's licence shall be in accordance with
the following scale, namely, not less than $10 and not more than $1000 as the
Collector determines.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 118
Form of experimenter's licence
118. An experimenter's licence shall be in accordance with Form 2.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 119
Number of experimenters' licences
119. The number of experimenters' licences that may be in force at any one
time is 50.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 127
Dealing with samples
127. (1) A sample taken or obtained by an officer under the provisions of
section 63 or section 71 of the Distillation Act 1901-1925 shall be dealt with
in the following manner:
(a) The officer taking or obtaining the sample shall, in the presence of the
person or the agent or servant of the person from whom the sample is taken or
obtained, divide the sample into three equal parts and label or mark and
securely seal each part; and
(b) the officer shall hand one part to the owner or his agent or servant,
deliver for report another part to an analyst approved by the Collector, and
retain the third part for further examination, if necessary.
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(2) Delivery of the part to the analyst may be effected personally or by
sending the part by registered post addressed to the analyst at his usual
address, or in such other manner as the Collector approves.
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(3) In the event of any dispute as to the identity of the part received by
the analyst the burden of proof shall lie upon the person complaining.
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(4) The production of a certificate of analysis of the part purporting to be
signed by the analyst shall be sufficient evidence of the identity of the part
and of the result of the analysis, without proof of the signature of the
person purporting to have signed the certificate.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 128
Declarations
128. (1) Forms containing declarations may be signed by a duly authorized
agent in cases where the principal is legally incapable of making a
declaration.
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(2) Any officer may require from any agent the production of his written
authority from the principal for whom he claims to act, and in default of the
production of such authority may refuse to recognize the agency.
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(3) Any declaration made by an agent in pursuance of this Regulation shall
be held to have been made with the knowledge and consent of the principal, so
that in any prosecution in respect of any declaration made by any such agent
the principal shall be liable to the pecuniary punishment provided by the Act
or these Regulations, as if such declaration had been made by the principal.
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(4) An authority under this Regulation may be according to Form 21.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 129
Forms and tables
129. The forms and tables prescribed by or referred to in these Regulations
are those in the accompanying Schedule.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 130
Working days and hours
130. (1) Subject to regulation 131 of these Regulations, all work at
Distilleries and Vigneron's premises shall be performed only on the prescribed
working days and during the prescribed working hours.
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(2) Subject to subregulation (3) of this regulation:
(a) the working days shall be all days except Sundays and public holidays;
and
(b) the working hours shall be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on each day from Monday
to Friday, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays.
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(3) The Collector may approve that the working days shall be Monday to
Friday (but not including any public holiday) and that the working hours shall
be such hours worked from Monday to Friday in equal daily periods, as the
Collector specifies:
Provided that the working hours shall not commence before 7 a.m. on any day.
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(4) For the purpose of this regulation "public holiday" means, in relation
to a Distillery or Vigneron's premises, a day observed in the place at which
the Distillery or Vigneron's premises are situated as a holiday under section
76 of the Public Service Act 1922-1960.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 131
Variation of days and hours
131. The Collector may permit work to be performed on a prescribed working
day outside the prescribed working hours or otherwise than on a prescribed
working day for such time and, subject to regulation 133 of these Regulations,
upon such conditions as he thinks fit.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - REG 133
Payment for services of officers
133. (1) Where the Collector permits work to be performed otherwise than on
a prescribed working day or during the prescribed working hours (except where
shift work is performed by direction of the Collector and such work does not
involve the payment of overtime) a charge at the rate of $16.75 per hour or
part thereof shall be made against the distiller or vigneron for the services
of each officer required to be in attendance.
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(2) The charge shall be calculated from the hour from which the attendance
of the officer is necessary and, when the service is not continuous with
prescribed working hours, shall include a charge in respect of the time
reasonably occupied by the officer in proceeding to and from the place where
the attendance is required.
Repeal
The Distillation Regulations 1913 (Statutory Rules 1913, No. 343, as amended
by Statutory Rules 1920, Nos. 41, 184, 214; 1921, No. 38; 1925, Nos. 9, 27,
111, 145) are repealed.
DISTILLATION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 1
SCH
SCHEDULE
FORM 1
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Distillation Act 1901-19
Regulations 2 and 94
APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE TO DISTIL SPIRITS
Place
Date
I hereby apply for a
Spirit Maker's General
Wine Distiller's
Vigneron's
Experimenter's
licence to distil spirits at premises situated at
(State place or town and street)
A ground plan displaying the whole of these premises and showing the
name and position on the premises of each building that is to be used
for operations subject to the Distillation Act is attached.
Full name of applicant
Address
Present occupation
Signature of Applicant
FORM 2
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Distillation Act 1901
Regulation 118
EXPERIMENTER'S LICENCE
This licence is issued to and, subject to the Distillation Act
1901 and to the Distillation Regulations, authorizes him to distil
spirits from any material for the purpose of research into the
production or use of fuel ethanol (being denatured ethanol for use as a
fuel in internal combustion engines), including research relating to the
development of technology for such production or use.
Unless previously cancelled, this licence shall remain in force until 31
December 19 , but may be renewed in accordance with section 22 of
that Act.
Dated this day of 19 .
Collector of Customs
for the State of
FORM 3
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Distillation Act 1901-1934
Regulation 3
SPIRIT-MAKER'S GENERAL LICENCE
This licence is issued to upon the condition that he complies with
the Distillation Act 1901-1934 and the Regulations thereunder relating
to spirit-makers' licences, and authorizes him to distil spirits upon
his premises situated at .
Unless previously cancelled, this licence shall remain in force until
31st December 19 , but may be renewed in accordance with section 22
of the Distillation Act 1901-1934.
Dated this day of , 19 .
Collector of Customs
for the State of
FORM No. 4
The Commonwealth of Australia-Security to the Customs
Regulation 4
SPIRIT-MAKER'S GENERAL LICENCE
BY THIS SECURITY the Subscribers are, pursuant to the Distillation Act
1901-1925 and the Excise Act 1901-1923, bound to the Customs of the
Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of subject only to this
condition that if who is an applicant for a Spirit-maker's General
Licence under the Distillation Act 1901-1925, authorizing the Licensee
to distil Spirits from any material, complies with the provisions of
that Act and any amendment thereof or any Act passed in substitution
therefor and the Regulations for the time being in force thereunder, so
long as he holds a Spirit-maker's General Licence thereunder then this
security shall be thereby discharged.*
Dated at the day of , 19 .
Signatures of Signatures of
Names and Descriptions of Subscribers Subscribers Witnesses
*NOTE - If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the
full amount, here state what is intended, as for example, thus: "The
liability of the subscribers is joint only," or "The liability of
(mentioning subscribers) is limited to (here state amount of limit of
liability or mode of ascertaining limit)."
FORM 5
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Distillation Act 1901-1934
Regulation 3
WINE DISTILLER'S LICENCE
This licence is issued to upon the condition that he complies with
the Distillation Act 1901-1934 and the Regulations thereunder relating
to wine distillers' licences and authorizes him to distil spirits from
wine or lees of wine only upon his premises situated at
Unless previously cancelled, this licence shall remain in force until
31st December, 19 , but may be renewed in accordance with section 22
of the Distillation Act 1901-1934.
Dated this day of , 19 .
Collector of Customs
for the State of
FORM No. 6
The Commonwealth of Australia - Security to the Customs
Regulation 4
WINE DISTILLER'S LICENCE
BY THIS SECURITY the Subscribers are, pursuant to the Distillation Act
1901-1925 and the Excise Act 1901-1923, bound to the Customs of the
Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of subject only to this
condition that if who is an applicant for a Wine Distiller's
Licence under the Distillation Act 1901-1925 authorizing the licensee to
distil Spirits from wine or lees of wine, complies with that Act and any
amendment thereof or any Act passed in substitution therefor and the
Regulations for the time being in force thereunder so long as he holds a
Wine Distiller's Licence thereunder then this security shall be thereby
discharged.*
Dated at the day of , 19 .
Signatures Signatures
of of
Names and Descriptions of Subscribers Subscribers Witnesses
*NOTE - If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the
full amount, here state what is intended as for example, thus: "The
liability of the subscribers is joint only," or "The liability of
(mentioning subscribers) is limited to (here state amount of limit of
liability or mode of ascertaining limit)."
FORM 13
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Distillation Act 1901-1934
Regulation 95
VIGNERON'S LICENCE
This licence is issued to upon the condition that he complies with
the Distillation Act 1901-1934 and the Regulations thereunder relating
to vigneron's licences and authorizes him to distil spirits from wine or
lees of wine only upon his premises situated at for the purpose of
fortifying his wine.
Unless previously cancelled, this licence shall remain in force until
31st December, 19 , but may be renewed in accordance with section 22
of the Distillation Act 1901-1934.
Dated this day of , 19 .
Collector of Customs
for the State of
FORM No. 14
Commonwealth of Australia - Security to the Customs
Regulation 96
VIGNERON'S LICENCE
By this Security the Subscribers are, pursuant to the Distillation Act
1901-1925 and the Excise Act 1901-1923, bound to the Customs of the
Commonwealth of Australia in the sum of subject only to this
condition that if who is an applicant for a Vigneron's Licence
under the Distillation Act 1901-1925 authorizing the Licensee to distil
spirits from wine or lees of wine for the purpose of fortifying wine,
complies with that Act and any amendment thereof or any Act passed in
substitution therefor and the Regulations for the time being in force
thereunder so long as he holds a Vigneron's Licence thereunder then this
security shall be thereby discharged.*
Dated at the day of , 19 .
Signatures Signatures
of and Address of
Names and Descriptions of Subscribers Subscribers Witnesses
*NOTE - If liability is not intended to be joint and several and for the
full amount, here state what is intended, as for example, thus: "The
liability of the subscribers is joint only," or, "The liability of
(mentioning subscribers) is limited to (here state amount of limit of
liability or mode of ascertaining limit)."
FORM 21
Commonwealth of Australia - Distillation Act 1901-1925
Regulation 128
AUTHORITY TO AGENT TO SIGN DECLARATIONS
(a) hereby authorizes (b) (whose signature appears below) to
sign as its agent forms containing declarations prescribed by the
Distillation Regulations 1926 made under the Distillation Act 1901-1925.
Dated the day of , 19 .
In witness whereof the Common Seal of the (c) was affixed hereto in
the presence of
To the Collector of Customs at
Signature of person authorized
(a) Here insert name of principal.
(b) Here insert name of person authorized.
(c) Here insert "Company," "Corporation," or as the case may be.