STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 60.

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REGULATION UNDER THE EXCISE ACT 1901-1923.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Excise Act 1901-1923, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eighth day of April, 1925.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. E. PRATTEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of Excise Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 345, as amended to this date.)

After regulation 121 of the Excise Regulations 1913 the following regulation is inserted:—

“121a. (1) In this regulation ‘scent or toilet preparation’ means a scent or toilet preparation which contains Australian spirits or in the manufacture of which Australian spirits have been used.

(2) No person shall—

(a) extract or remove any perfuming substances from a scent or toilet preparation; or

(b) refine, rectify or re-distil any scent or toilet preparation; or

(c) use any scent or toilet preparation in the preparation of any food, drink, essence, tincture or medicine other than liniments prescribed by Departmental By-laws under section 3 of the Spirits Act 1906-1923; or

(d) have in his possession—

(i) any scent or toilet preparation from which any perfuming substance has been extracted or removed; or

(ii) any scent or toilet preparation which has been refined, rectified or re-distilled; or

(iii) any food, drink, essence, tincture or medicine (other than liniments prescribed by Departmental By-laws under section 3 of the Spirits Act 1906-1923) containing a scent or toilet preparation.”

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