Finance Act 1986

Licences to manufacture spirits

3 (1) Section 12 of the [1979 c. 4.] Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (distillers' licences) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) At the end of subsection (4) there shall be added the words "and they may at any time revoke a licence in respect of any premises if, by reason of circumstances arising since the grant of the licence, they could by virtue of this subsection refuse to grant a licence in respect of those premises".

(3) At the end of subsection (5) there shall be added the words "and where the largest still so used on any premises in respect of which a licence is held is of less than that capacity, the Commissioners may revoke the licence or attach to it such conditions as they see fit to impose".

(4) After subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(6A) If at any time, by reason of circumstances arising since the grant of a distiller's licence in respect of any premises, the Commissioners are not satisfied as mentioned in subsection (6) above, they may revoke the licence unless the distiller gives the undertaking mentioned in that subsection.”

(5) In subsection (9), for the words "to whom a licence has been granted upon his giving" there shall be substituted "who, in respect of a licence, has given".