Finance Act 2013

180 Rates of alcoholic liquor duties

(1) ALDA 1979 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 5 (rate of duty on spirits), for “£26.81” substitute “£28.22”.

(3) In section 36(1AA) (rates of general beer duty)—

(a) in paragraph (za) (rate of duty on lower strength beer), for “£9.76” substitute “£9.17”, and

(b) in paragraph (a) (standard rate of duty on beer), for “£19.51” substitute “£19.12”.

(4) In section 37(4) (rate of high strength beer duty), for “£4.88” substitute “£5.09”.

(5) In section 62(1A) (rates of duty on cider)—

(a) in paragraph (a) (rate of duty per hectolitre on sparkling cider of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent), for “£245.32” substitute “£258.23”,

(b) in paragraph (b) (rate of duty per hectolitre on cider of a strength exceeding 7.5 per cent which is not sparkling cider), for “£56.55” substitute “£59.52”, and

(c) in paragraph (c) (rate of duty per hectolitre in any other case), for “£37.68” substitute “£39.66”.

(6) For the table in Schedule 1 substitute—

“Table of rates of duty on wine and made-wine

PART 1 Wine or made-wine of a strength not exceeding 22 per cent

Description of wine or made-wine	Rates of duty per hectolitre £
Wine or made-wine of a strength not exceeding 4 per cent	82.18
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 4 per cent but not exceeding 5.5 per cent	113.01
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but not exceeding 15 per cent and not being sparkling	266.72
Sparkling wine or sparkling made-wine of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent but less than 8.5 per cent	258.23
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	341.63
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 15 per cent but not exceeding 22 per cent	355.59

PART 2 Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 22 per cent

Description of wine or made-wine	Rates of duty per litre of alcohol in wine or made-wine £
Wine or made-wine of a strength exceeding 22 per cent	28.22”.

(7) The amendments made by this section are treated as having come into force on 25 March 2013.