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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Regulations

Liquor Products Act: Regulations

Part 3 : Importation Requirements

49. Disposal of liquor products imported in bulk [16(4)(b); 27(1)(a)]

 

(1) A liquor product that is imported in bulk shall not without the written permission of the administering officer, in the form of a certificate issued by the administering officer—

[Words preceding regulation 49(1)(a) substituted by regulation 16(a) of Notice No. R. 401 of 2014]

(a) prior to bottling be blended with any other liquor product; and
(b) after bottling be sold in the Republic.
(c) prior to or after bottling, be exported to another country.

[Regulation 49(1)(c) inserted by regulation 16(b) of Notice No. R. 401 of 2014]

 

(2)

(a) An application for such permission shall be made on a form obtainable from the administering officer for this purpose.
(b) Such form shall—
(i) be completed by the importer concerned or a person duly authorized to apply on his behalf;
(ii) be accompanied by the prescribed fees;

[Regulation 49(2)(b)(ii) substituted by regulation 7 of Notice No. R. 678 of 2001]

(iii) in the case of a permission referred to in subregulation (1)(a), be accompanied by samples of each of the components to be used for the blend;
(iv) in the case of a permission referred to in subregulation (1)(b), be accompanied by a sample of the liquor product that has been bottled, or has been bottled after blending; and
(v) be lodged with the administering officer.
(c) Two specimens of the labels to be affixed to the containers of such liquor product shall be filed together with the applicable application in terms of subregulation (1).

[Regulation 49(2)(c) substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 814 of 2006]

 

(3) A permission for the sale of a liquor product after bottling shall be granted only if the administering officer is satisfied that the liquor product concerned and the labels to be affixed to the containers thereof comply with the requirements of the Act and these regulations.