Finance (No. 2) Act, 1981

Wine and made wine.

5.—(1) The duty of excise on wine imposed by paragraph 5 (2) of the Order of 1975 shall be charged, levied and paid, as on and from the 22nd day of July, 1981, at the several rates specified in Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1981.

(2) The duty of excise on made wine imposed by paragraph 6 (2) of the Order of 1975 shall be charged, levied and paid, as on and from the 22nd day of July, 1981, at the several rates specified in Part II of the Third Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates specified in Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1981.

(3) In the Third Schedule to this Act—

“actual alcoholic strength by volume” means the number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature of 20°C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature;

“% vol” means alcoholic strength by volume.