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F5SCHEDULE 1F5Table of rates of duty on wine and made-wine

Section 54.

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F6Part 1Wine and made-wine of a strength not exceeding 22 per cent

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F6

Sch. 1 Table Pt. 1 substituted (13.4.2003 at midnight) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 3

Description of wine or made-wine

Rates of duty per hectolitre

 

£

Wine or made-wine of a strength not exceeding 4 per cent

48.91

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 4 per cent but not exceeding 5.5 per cent

67.25

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but not exceeding 15 per cent and not sparkling

158.69

Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but less than 8.5 per cent

166.70

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 cent

220.54

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 15 per cent but not exceeding 22 per cent

211.58

F1Part II Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 22 per cent.

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F1

Sch. 1 Table containing Pts. I and II substituted (1.1.1998) by 1997 c. 58, s. 9(1)(2)

Description of wine or made-wine

Rates of duty per litre of alcohol in the wine or made-wine

£

Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 22 per cent.

19.56

Interpretation

F21

Paragraphs 2 and 3 below apply for the purposes of this Act.

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F2

Sch. 1 paras. 1-3 substituted (27.7.1993 with application in relation to wine and made-wine which is produced in or imported into the United Kingdom, or removed into the United Kingdom from the Isle of Man, on or after that date) for paras. 1,2 by 1993 c. 34, s. 7(1)(2).

F32

1

Wine or made-wine which is for the time being in a closed container is sparkling if, due to the presence of carbon dioxide or any other gas, the pressure in the container, measured at a temperature of 20°C, is not less than 3 bars in excess of atmospheric pressure.

2

Wine or made-wine which is for the time being in a closed container is sparkling regardless of the pressure in the container if the container has a mushroom-shaped stopper (whether solid or hollow) held in place by a tie or fastening.

3

Wine or made-wine which is not for the time being in a closed container is sparkling if it has characteristics similar to those of wine or made-wine which has been removed from a closed container and which, before removal, fell within sub-paragraph (1) above.

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F3

Sch. 1 paras. 1-3 substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2 (27.7.1993 with application in relation to wine and made-wine which is produced in or imported into the United Kingdom, or removed into the United Kingdom from the Isle of Man, on or after that date) by 1993 c. 34, s. 7(1)(2).

F43

1

Wine or made-wine shall be regarded as having been rendered sparkling if, as a result of aeration, fermentation or any other process, it either falls within paragraph 2(1) above or takes on such characteristics as are referred to in paragraph 2(3) above.

2

Wine or made-wine which has not previously been rendered sparkling by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be regarded as having been rendered sparkling if it is transferred into a closed container which has a mushroom-shaped stopper (whether solid or hollow) held in place by a tie or fastening.

3

Wine or made-wine which is in a closed container and has not previously been rendered sparkling by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be regarded as having been rendered sparkling if the stopper of its container is exchanged for a stopper of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above.