# The Spirits Regulations 1991 (revoked) S.I. 1991/2564 · made 11 November 1991 · revised to 1 February 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Made 11th November 1991 Laid before Parliament 19th November 1991 Coming into force 1st January 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Preliminary ## 1 Citation, commencement and revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Approval of plant and processes and entry of premises ## 4 Approval of plant and processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Entry of premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Variations to plant or processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Rectifiers and compounders: entry of premises and plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 General provisions as to plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Conduct of processes ## 9 Special conditions and requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Distillation periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Produce of distillation periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Provisions as to wort or wash etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Gravity of wort or wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Ascertainment of original gravity after fermentation has commenced (1st method) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Ascertainment of original gravity after fermentation has commenced (2nd method) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Taking account of spirits produced ## 17 Taking account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Ascertainment of strength of spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Ascertainment of volume of spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Application of regulations 18 and 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: Distillers' records ## 21 Entry books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Notice of commencement of process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Preservation and production of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Requirements in respect of distillation periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Quarterly distillery returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: Warehousing ## 26 Warehousing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 REVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 TABLE FOR DETERMINING THE ORIGINAL GRAVITY OF WORT AT 20°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2564 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/spirits-regulations-1991-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.