Beer Excise Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES. 1946. No. 137 _______ REGULATIONS UNDER THE BEER EXCISE ACT 1901-1928* I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Beer Excise Act 1901-1928. Dated this twenty-first day of August, 1946. HENRY Governor-General. By His Royal Highness’s Command, J. M. FRASER Minister of State for Trade and Customs. _________ Amendments of the Beer Excise Regulations.† 1. Regulation 27 of the Beer Excise Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:— “(l.) Where beer contained in a vessel, case or bottle is removed from a brewery, every vessel and case shall have legibly branded or painted thereon, and the label of every bottle shall bear— ( a ) the name of the brewer or brewery, the name of the place where the beer was made and the word ‘Australia’; or ( b ) where the beer is intended for export, a registered serial number allotted by the Collector, the State number and the word ‘Australia’, and, in addition, in the case of bulk beer, a distinctive number shall be marked on each vessel. “(1 b. ) For the purposes of paragraph ( b ) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation the serial number shall be placed directly above the State number and both numbers shall be enclosed in a circle or a triangle, thus— 2. Regulation 28 of the Beer Excise Regulations is repealed. * Notified in the C ommonwealth Gazette on 22nd August, 1946. † Statutory Rules 1926, No. 184, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, No. 18; 1929. No. 119; 1936, No. 61; 1942, Nos. 338 and 445; and 1948, No. 228. ____________________ By Authority: L. F. Johnston , Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra. 30398.— Price 3d.