Regulation 13 Transitional provisions relating to labelling and packaging

A person is not to be taken to have contravened, or to have failed to comply with, regulation 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 by reason of the labelling or packaging of any whisky or whisky-based drink on or before 22nd November 2011.

It is for a person seeking to rely on paragraph (1) in relation to any whisky or whisky-based drink to prove that the drink was labelled or packaged on or before 22nd November 2011.