Finance Act 2000 (c. 17)

Part I U.K. Excise duties

Alcoholic liquor duties U.K.

2 Rates of duty on cider. U.K.

(1) In section 62(1A) of the M1 Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (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 “£161.20" substitute “ £166.70 ”;

(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 “£37.92" substitute “ £39.21 ”; and

(c) in paragraph (c) (rate of duty per hectolitre in any other case), for “£25.27" substitute “ £26.13 ”.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st April 2000.

Marginal Citations

M1 1979 c. 4.