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As to distiller's spirit stores.
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43. (1.) No spirits may be brought into a distiller's spirit store unless they have been distilled in his distillery, and conveyed directly from the spirit receiver into the store.
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(2.) No spirits which have been removed from the store may be brought back into the store.
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(3.) The officer in charge of the store must, when required, attend at the store between five o’clock in the forenoon and eight o’clock in the afternoon on every day, except Sunday.
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(4.) All spirits in the store must be filled into casks, in the presence of the officer, in the prescribed manner.
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(5.) Spirits may not be removed from the store at any less strength than twenty per centum below proof, nor at any strength above twenty-five and under forty-three per centum over proof.
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(6.) Spirits may not be removed from the store in any quantity less than nine gallons.
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(7.) The casks in which spirits are removed may be either full or, subject to the prescribed regulations, on ullage.
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(8.) All the spirits distilled in one distilling period (except a quantity not exceeding one hundred and fifty gallons, and in one ullage cask) must be removed from the store within ten days from the termination of that period, and before any spirits distilled in a succeeding period are brought into the store.
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(9.) When all the spirits distilled in one distilling period have been removed from the spirit store, or at the end of ten days from the termination of that period, whichever first happens, the proper officer shall strike a balance in the account kept by him for the distillery.
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(10.) If any spirits are brought into or found in or removed from a distiller's spirit store in contravention of this section the distiller shall, for each offence, incur a fine of two hundred pounds, and the spirits in respect of which the offence is committed shall be forfeited.
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(11.) If any spirits are found in a distiller's spirit store after the time at which they are required by this section to be removed therefrom, the distiller shall incur a fine of twenty shillings for every gallon of spirits so found.
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(12.) Every distiller must, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, provide accommodation at his spirit store for the officer in charge thereof, and, in default of doing so, shall incur a fine of fifty pounds.
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