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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1046",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) (England and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
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  "text": "“SCHEDULE 6\nANALYTICAL TESTS FOR TABLE WINES WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION\nRegulation 5A(1)(f)\nWine shall undergo analytical tests in respect of each of the factors specified in column 1 of the following table and shall meet the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nFactor\nStandard to be met\nActual alcoholic strength by volume\nA minimum of 8.5%\nTotal alcoholic strength by volume\n(a) in the case of an enriched white wine, a maximum of 11.5%;\n(b) in the case of an enriched red and rosé wine, a maximum of 12%; and\n(c) in the case of any other wine, a maximum of 15%\nNatural alcoholic strength by volume\nA minimum of 6%\nTotal dry extract (obtained by densimetry)\nA minimum of 14 grams per litre\nTotal acidity\nA minimum of 4 grams per litre expressed as tartaric acid\nVolatile acidity\nIn the case of a sweet wine with 45 grams per litre or more of residual sugar, a maximum of 1.14 grams per litre\nFree sulphur dioxide\n(a) in the case of a dry wine, a maximum of 45 milligrams per litre, and\n(b) in the case of any other wine, a maximum of 60 milligrams per litre\nTotal sulphur dioxide\n(a) in the case of a red wine with less than 5 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 160 milligrams per litre;\n(b) in the case of red wine with 5 grams per litre or more of residual sugar, a maximum of 210 milligrams per litre;\n(c) in the case of a white or rosé wine with less than 5 grams per litre of residual sugar, a maximum of 210 milligrams per litre; and\n(d) in the case of a white or rosé wine with 5 grams per litre or more of residual sugar, a maximum of 260 milligrams per litre\nCopper\nA maximum of 0.5 milligrams per litre\nIron\nA maximum of 8 milligrams per litre\nSterility\nThere must be no indication of yeasts or bacteria liable to cause spoilage of the wine\nProtein stability\nThe wine must remain unchanged in appearance after being held at 70°C for 15 minutes and subsequently cooled to 20°C\nSCHEDULE 7\nGEOGRAPHICAL UNITS PRODUCING REGIONAL WINES\nRegulation 5A(5)\n1 This Schedule applies to the geographical units specified in column 1 of the following table comprising in each case of the area specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table other than land within that area that is situated at an altitude of more than 250 metres above sea level—\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nName of Geographical unit\nGeographical extent of unit\n1 Cornwall\nThe area consisting of the county of Cornwall\n2 Devon\nThe area consisting of the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay\n3 Dorset\nThe area consisting of the counties of Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole\n4 East Anglia\nThe area consisting of the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock\n5 England\nThe area consisting of England\n6 Gloucestershire\nThe area consisting of the counties of Bristol, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire\n7 Hampshire\nThe area consisting of the counties of Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton\n8 Herefordshire\nThe area consisting of the county of Herefordshire\n9 Isle of Wight\nThe area consisting of the county of Isle of Wight\n10 Isles of Scilly\nThe area consisting of the Isles of Scilly\n11 Kent\nThe area consisting of the counties of Kent and the Medway\n12 Lincolnshire\nThe area consisting of the counties of Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire\n13 Oxfordshire\nThe area consisting of the county of Oxfordshire\n14 Shropshire\nThe area consisting of the counties of Shropshire and the Wrekin\n15 Somerset\nThe area consisting of the counties of Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset and North West Somerset\n16 Surrey\nThe area consisting of the county of Surrey\n17 Sussex\nThe area consisting of the counties of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex\n18 Worcestershire\nThe area consisting of the county of Worcestershire\n19 Yorkshire\nThe area consisting of the counties of the City of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and York\n2 In this Schedule any reference to a named county is a reference to a county established by or under the Local Government Act 1972 or by an order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 .”",
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      "text": "The name of the county was changed from Medway Towns to Medway with effect from midnight on 1st April 1998 by a resolution passed by Medway Towns Council under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) on 1st April 1998."
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      "text": "1972 c. 70. See, in particular, section 1(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1972 Act and any amendments made to county areas by orders made under section 51 of the 1972 Act (section 51 was repealed by the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19) but the provisions of Orders made under that section continue in force by virtue of section 29(3) of the 1992 Act) and section 17 of the 1992 Act."
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      "text": "1992 c. 19; section 17 was amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), section 39(4) and (5); the Police Act 1996 (c. 16), paragraph 44 of Schedule 7; the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29), section 20(1); the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), section 89(3) and S.I. 2001/3962."
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