Customs Act 1782
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1782 c. 28 |
| Year | 1782 |
(22 Geo. 3) C A P. XXVIII.
'Most Gracious Sovereign,
WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons ofGreat Britain , in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies to defray your Majesty's publick Expences, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the several Imposts and Duties herein-after mentioned; and do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted,' and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That there shall be raised, levied, collected, and Paid unto his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, for and upon all Tobacco which, from and after the first Day ofJune , one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, shall be imported or brought into this Kingdom of Great Britain , over and above all Customs, subsidies, and Duties, already imposed thereon, an additional Duty of Four-pence for every Pound Weight Avoirdupois , and after that Rate for a greater or less Quantity.
II and of 8 d. per Pound on all Snuff imported.
'II. And whereas, in order to promote and encourage the Manufacture of Snuff inGreat Britain , it is expedient that a further Duty should be imposed upon Foreign Snuff imported, in proportion to the said additional Duty by this Act granted upon Tobacco;' be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That there shall be also raised, collected, and paid unto his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, for and upon all Snuff which, from and after the said first Day of June , one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, shall be imported or brought into this Kingdom of Great Britain , over and above all Customs, Subsidies, and Duties, already imposed thereon, an additional Duty of eight-pence for every Pound Weight Avoirdupois , and after that Rate for any greater or less Quantity.
III Recital of an Act 18 Car. II. and the Additional Book of Rates, 11 Geo. I, relative to the Duty on Brandy.
'III. And whereas by an Act, made in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of KingCharles the Second, intituled, An Act for encouraging of Coinage , a Duty of twenty Shilling per Ton was imposed upon Brandy, Wines, or Strong Waters, imported into this Kingdom; and in and by the Additional Book of Rates, referred to by an Act made in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, Spirits called Brandy are rated as follows; that is to say, Brandy of France , the Ton, containing two hundred and fifty-two Gallons, at thirty Pounds; Brandy of Spain, Portugal , or Italy , the Ton, containing two hundred and fifty-two Gallons, at fifteen Pounds; and Brandy of all other Countries, not otherwise rated, the Ton, containing two hundred and fifty-two Gallons, at twenty Pounds: And whereas by an Act made in the seventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, ; it was, amongst other Things, enacted, That the same Subsidies, Duties, and Excise, then payable upon Brandy and Foreign Spirits imported, and no more, should be paid for Arrack, imported from any of his...
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