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LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 56

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 56

56 .         Production of liquor by person, presumption of

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken to have produced liquor —

            (a)         being wine made from grapes —

                  (i)         if it was fermented by, or under the control or direction of, that person; or

                  (ii)         if, in the case of wine produced by blending, all the wine used was fermented from produce grown or produced in Australia;

                or

            (b)         being wine not made from grapes, if it was fermented or otherwise made from produce grown, produced or obtained by that person; or

            (ba)         being spirits made from wine —

                  (i)         if it was distilled by that person; or

                  (ii)         if it was distilled under the control or direction of that person from wine produced by that person;

                or

            (c)         being spirits not made from wine, if it was distilled by that person; or

            (d)         being beer, if it was brewed by that person.

        (2)         In determining any question as to the fermentation of wine, maturation of the wine after final bottling shall be disregarded.

        [Section 56 amended: No. 74 of 2003 s. 78; No. 9 of 2018 s. 29.]