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Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979

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Version Superseded: 01/06/1993

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[F171A Restrictions on adding substances to beer.U.K.

(1)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 substance may be added to beer at any time—

(a)after it leaves the entered premises on which it was brewed, or

(b)in the case of beer brewed outside the United Kingdom, after it is imported into the United Kingdom,

and before it is sold by retail or otherwise supplied for consumption.

(2)Regulations under this section may regulate the transportation of beer at any such time as is referred to in subsection (1) above; and the conditions referred to in that subsection may include conditions as to—

(a)the keeping and production of samples of the product of any process of addition to beer; and

(b)the keeping and production of records.

(3)Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with regulations under this section (including any conditions imposed by such regulations) shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale, and any beer in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture.]

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