The Alcoholic Liquors (Amendment of Enactments Relating to Strength and to Units of Measurement) Order 1979

16.  In section 23 (allowance on British compounds)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “gallon of those spirits computed at proof an allowance of £0.02” substitute the words “litre of alcohol contained in those spirits an allowance of £0.008”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “11° over proof” substitute the words “63 per cent.”.