Regulation 7 Movement from Scotland to another country

United Kingdom

(1)

A person must not move any of the following categories of Scotch Whisky from Scotland to another country in a wooden cask or other wooden holder—

(a)

Single Grain Scotch Whisky;

(b)

Blended Malt Scotch Whisky;

(c)

Blended Grain Scotch Whisky; or

(d)

Blended Scotch Whisky.

F1(2)

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(3)

On and after 23rd November 2012 a person must not move any Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Scotland to another country except in a bottle (made of any inert material) that is labelled for retail sale.

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation a person is regarded as having moved Scotch Whisky from Scotland to another country if they—

(a)

physically move the whisky from Scotland to another country; or

(b)

arrange (whether directly or through a third party) for another person to physically move the whisky from Scotland to another country.

(5)

In this regulation “retail sale” means any sale except a sale for use or resale in the course of a trade or business.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 7(2) omitted (31.10.2019) by virtue of The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 3(3)