Part 1 U.K.Charges, rates etc

Alcohol and tobaccoU.K.

9Rates of alcoholic liquor dutiesU.K.

(1)ALDA 1979 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 5 (rate of duty on spirits), for “£22.64” substitute “ £23.80 ”.

(3)In section 36(1AA)(a) (standard rate of duty on beer), for “£16.47” substitute “ £17.32 ”.

(4)In section 62(1A) (rates of duty on cider)—

(a)in paragraph (a) (rate of duty per hectolitre in the case of sparkling cider of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent), for “£207.20” substitute “ £217.83 ”,

(b)in paragraph (b) (rate of duty per hectolitre in the case of cider of a strength exceeding 7.5 per cent which is not sparkling cider), for “£47.77” substitute “ £54.04 ”, and

(c)in paragraph (c) (rate of duty per hectolitre in any other case), for “£31.83” substitute “ £36.01 ”.

(5)In section 62(1A) (as amended by subsection (4))—

(a)in paragraph (b), for “£54.04” substitute “ £50.22 ”, and

(b)in paragraph (c), for “£36.01” substitute “ £33.46 ”.

(6)For the table in Schedule 1 substitute— TABLE OF RATES OF DUTY ON WINE AND MADE-WINE

PART 1 U.K.WINE OR MADE-WINE OF A STRENGTH NOT EXCEEDING 22 PER CENT
Description of wine or made-wineRates of duty per hectolitre £
Wine or made-wine of a strength not exceeding 4 per cent69.32
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 4 per cent but not exceeding 5.5 per cent95.33
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but not exceeding 15 per cent and not being sparkling225.00
Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but less than 8.5 per cent217.83
Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength of 8.5 per cent or of a strength exceeding 8.5 per cent but not exceeding 15 per cent288.20
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 15 per cent but not exceeding 22 per cent299.97