Finance Act, 2002

Cider and perry.

90.—(1) In Schedule 5 “% vol” means the number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature of 20°C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature.

(2) The duty of excise on cider and perry imposed by paragraph 8(2) of the Imposition of Duties (No. 221) (Excise Duties) Order 1975 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1975 ), shall, in lieu of the several rates specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Finance Act, 1994 , be charged, levied and paid—

(a) as on and from 6 December 2001, at the several rates specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5, and

(b) as on and from 1 January 2002, at the several rates specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5.