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Distillation (Scotland) Act 1817

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1817 c. 40
Year1817
Anno Regni GEORGII III. Britanniarum Regis,Quinquagesimo Septimo. An Act to authorize the rewarding Officers of the Customs for their Services in preventing illicit Distillation inScotland , under an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament.

(57 Geo. 3) C A P. XL.

[20th June 1817]

'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty, intituled Scotland,upon Wash and Spirits and Distillers Licences, to grant other Duties in lieu thereof, and to establish further Regulations for the Distillation of Spirits from Corn for Home Consumption in Scotland, until the Tenth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and eighteen , Provision is made for rewarding Officers of Excise for Service performed by them in preventing illicit or fraudulent Distillation: And Whereas it is expedient that Provision should also be made for rewarding Officers of the Customs for the like Services;' Be it therefore 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 it shall be lawful for the Commissionersof His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland for the time being, by any Warrant, Order, or Instruction signed by any Three or more of them, to authorize and empower the Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland for the time being to give and grant, by any Order or Warrant signed by any Three or more of the said...

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