Finance Act, 1907

Means of ascertaining strength or weight of spirits.

43 & 44 Vict. c. 24.

4.(1) The Commissioners of Customs and the Commissioners of Inland Revenue may jointly make regulations authorising the use of any means described in the regulations for ascertaining for any purpose the strength or weight of spirits.

(2) Where under any enactment Sykes's hydrometer is directed to be used or may be used for the purpose of ascertaining the strength or weight of spirits, any means so authorised by regulations may be used instead of Sykes's hydrometer and references to Sykes's hydrometer in any enactment shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Any regulations made under this section shall be published in the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Gazettes, and shall take effect from the date of publication, or such later date as may be mentioned in the regulations for the purpose.

(4) The expression “spirits” in this section has the same meaning as in the Spirits Act, 1880.