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Changes over time for: Section 55A


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Version Superseded: 19/07/2006
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Point in time view as at 01/05/1995. This version of this provision has been superseded.

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, Section 55A.

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[55A Wine and made-wine of a strength not exceeding 5.5 per cent.U.K.
(1)This section applies to wine and made-wine of a strength . . . not exceeding 5.5 per cent.
(2)The Commissioners may by regulations provide that, except in such cases and subject to such conditions as may be specified by or under the regulations, no wine or made-wine to which this section applies may be fortified at any time—
(a)after it leaves the entered or approved premises on which it was produced, or
(b)in the case of wine or made-wine produced outside the United Kingdom, after it is imported into the United Kingdom,
and before it is sold by retail or otherwise supplied for consumption.
(3)[Where any person] contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation under this section (including any conditions imposed by or under any such regulation) [his contravention or failure to comply shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties)], and the wine or made-wine and all vessels, utensils and materials for fortifying wine or made-wine found in his possession shall be liable to forfeiture.]
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