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Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979
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72Offences by wholesaler or retailer of beer
(1)If any wholesaler or retailer of beer dilutes any beer or adds anything to beer other than finings for the purpose of clarification he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £50.
(2)If any beer which has been diluted or to which anything other than finings for the purpose of clarification has been added is found in the possession of a wholesaler or retailer of beer he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £50 and the beer shall be liable to forfeiture.
(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, if a wholesaler or retailer of beer receives or has in his custody or possession any sugar of any description or any saccharine substance, extract or syrup, except such as he proves to be for domestic use, or any preparation for increasing the gravity of beer, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £50 and the article in question shall be liable to forfeiture.
(4)Where a wholesaler or retailer of beer carries on upon the same premises the trade of a brewer for sale or of a grocer, subsection (3) above shall not apply to sugar and other preparations duly held by him in accordance with regulations made under section 50 above as a brewer for sale, or to sugar or syrup kept by him for sale in the ordinary course of his trade as a grocer.
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