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Duty on motor spirit.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 36.
1 Edw. 7. c. 7.
3 Edw. 7. c. 46.
43 & 44 Vict. c. 24.
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84.—(1) As from the thirtieth day of April nineteen hundred and nine, there shall be charged, levied, and paid on motor spirit imported into Great Britain or Ireland a duty of Customs at the rate of threepence per gallon.
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(2) As from the first day of June nineteen hundred and nine, there shall be charged, levied, and paid on motor spirit made in Great Britain or Ireland, an Excise duty at the rate of threepence per gallon, and there shall be charged on a licence to be taken out annually by a manufacturer of motor spirit and by a dealer in motor spirit an Excise duty of one pound and an Excise duty of five shillings respectively. But a person may sell motor spirit in a quantity not exceeding one pint at one time to one person without taking out a licence as a dealer in motor spirit.
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(3) Where a licence is taken out under this provision by a manufacturer of motor spirit, it shall not be necessary for him to obtain any further licence in respect of any still kept or used by him solely for the purpose of the manufacture or refinement of motor spirit.
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(4) The provisions of section ninety-eight of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, which relate to the charging of duty at the time of the actual delivery of goods, shall apply to motor spirit as they apply to the specially excepted goods mentioned in that section.
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(5) The Excise duty on motor spirit may be charged in such manner and at such time during the process of the manufacture of motor spirit as the Commissioners may determine.
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(6) Sections eight and nine of the Finance Act, 1901, as amended by section two of the Revenue Act, 1903, shall apply with respect to the manufacture of and dealing in motor spirit as they apply with respect to the manufacture of saccharin, and any provisions of the Spirits Act, 1880, or any Acts amending that Act, may be applied by regulations made in pursuance of this subsection to motor spirit, and the regulations may provide for the sale and delivery by duly licensed persons of motor spirit from vans at the premises of persons who are dealers therein, and buy it to sell again.
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(7) In this Part of this Act, the expression “motor spirit” means any inflammable hydrocarbon (including any mixture of hydrocarbons and any liquid containing hydrocarbon) which is capable of being used for providing reasonably efficient motive power for a motor car, and the expression “manufacturer of motor spirit” includes a refiner of motor spirit and a person otherwise preparing motor spirit.
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(8) The Commissioners may by regulations prescribe tests for the purpose of determining whether any inflammable hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons, or liquid containing hydrocarbon, is motor spirit within the meaning of this provision.
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