{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-regulations-2009/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-regulations-2009/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2890",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Movement from Scotland to another country",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) Single Grain Scotch Whisky;\n(b) Blended Malt Scotch Whisky;\n(c) Blended Grain Scotch Whisky; or\n(d) Blended Scotch Whisky.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(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.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation a person is regarded as having moved Scotch Whisky from Scotland to another country if they—\n(a) physically move the whisky from Scotland to another country; or\n(b) arrange (whether directly or through a third party) for another person to physically move the whisky from Scotland to another country.\n(5) In this regulation “retail sale” means any sale except a sale for use or resale in the course of a trade or business.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2890/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:03:06.844724+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."
}