14AB

Exemption for particular liquors

In force

(1)

This Act does not apply to liquor if it is to be used only as—

(a)

a preservative or medium in which fruit is offered for sale to the public in sealed containers and with the contents visible; or

(b)

a food additive or an ingredient for food preparation; or

Examples of food additives or ingredient for food preparation—

Chinese cooking wine and soy sauce

(c)

a personal hygiene product that is not swallowed; or

Examples of personal hygiene products—

perfumes, mouthwashes and topical disinfectants

(d)

a medicine or for medicinal or chemical purposes.

Example of a substance used as a medicine or for medicinal or chemical purposes—

cough syrup

(2)

However, this Act does apply to a substance that is liquor mentioned in subsection (1) if—

(a)

the substance is being used as a beverage or for manufacturing a beverage; or

(b)

all of the following apply—

(i)

a regulation prescribes the substance for this paragraph;

(ii)

the substance is sold otherwise than by wholesale;

(iii)

if the regulation prescribes a maximum amount of the substance that may be contained in a container in which the substance is sold—the substance is sold in a container containing more than the amount prescribed.

Regulations

This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation, the regulation). Made under this Act:

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