{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1984/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1984/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/43",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1984",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, for the purposes of this Act, wine or made-wine which is for the time being in a closed container is sparkling if, due to the presence of carbon dioxide or any other gas, the pressure in the container, measured at a temperature of 20° C, is not less than 1 bar in excess of atmospheric pressure.\n(2) For the purposes of this Act, wine or made-wine which is not for the time being in a closed container is sparkling if it has characteristics similar to those of wine or made-wine which has been removed from a closed container and which, before removal, fell within sub-paragraph (1) above.\n(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-paragraph (1) above, wine or made-wine which is for the time being in a closed container shall not be regarded as sparkling for the purposes of the rates of duty set out above, if—\n(a) the container does not have a mushroom-shaped stopper (whether solid or hollow) held in place by a tie or fastening; and\n(b) the pressure in the container, measured at a temperature of 20° C, is less than 3 bars in excess of atmospheric pressure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/43/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:35.028197+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}