Finance Act, 1911

Restrictions on the use of British wines for blending purposes.

10. The Commissioners of Customs and Excise may make regulations prohibiting or restricting the mixture for sale of any British wines with any foreign wine or with any description of spirits, or the sale or exposure for sale of any such mixture, and requiring every manufacturer for sale of British wines to enter in the book obtained by him from the officer of Customs and Excise such particulars as may be prescribed by them in reference to all British wines made and sent out by him, and, if any person acts in contravention or fails to comply with any of these regulations, the article in respect of which the offence is committed shall be forfeited, and the person committing the offence shall be liable in respect of each offence to an Excise penalty of fifty pounds.