The Methylated Spirits Regulations 1987

PART VI MOVEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS

Security for spirits removed for methylation

20.  Save as the proper officer may otherwise allow, no person shall convey any spirits to the premises where they are to be methylated unless security has been given in respect of them by a bond in such amount and containing such conditions as may be required.

Removal from warehouse etc.

21.—(1) No spirits for methylation shall be received by a methylator from an excise warehouse without the Collector’s approval except that an authorised methylator may remove spirits from his own distillers warehouse without such approval.

(2) Spirits intended for methylation may be removed from an excise warehouse to the approved premises of a methylator by tank-waggon, tank-craft, pipeline or such other means as the proper officer may approve, and the methylator shall ensure that the means for taking account of spirits so removed shall be provided to the satisfaction of the proper officer.

(3) No person shall remove any spirits intended for methylation except under conditions of security approved by the proper officer.

Minimum quantity which may be supplied by a methylator

22.—(1) A methylator shall not supply less than 20 litres of methylated spirits to any person at one time.

(2) This regulation does not apply to mineralised methylated spirits.

Marking containers

23.  Save as the proper officer may otherwise allow, a methylator shall legibly and indelibly mark each container in which he keeps or supplies methylated spirits so as to describe the class of methylated spirits contained therein.

Restriction on the receipt of certain methylated spirits etc.

24.—(1) No person shall receive any industrial methylated spirits or denatured ethanol unless he has been authorised in writing by the proper officer to receive them.

(2) A person wishing to be authorised to receive those methylated spirits under this regulation shall apply to the proper officer in the required form and shall supply such information with his application as the proper officer may require.

(3) When granting an authority under this regulation the proper officer may make that authority subject to conditions and restrict it to the receipt of methylated spirits for certain purposes only and such methylated spirits shall thereafter only be used for those purposes.

(4) The proper officer may at any time for reasonable cause vary or revoke any authority granted under this regulation or the conditions attached to it.

(5) The person to whom any authority is granted under this regulation shall ensure that all conditions and requirements are complied with.

Procedure for supply of methylated spirits

25.—(1) No person shall send out from his premises any methylated spirits unless he has first received a written statement signed by the person to whom they will be sent that he is authorised to receive them; such authorisation may have been granted either under regulation 24 above or under any corresponding provision having effect in the Isle of Man.

(2) No such statement shall relate to a period in excess of 12 months and the person who issues the statement shall immediately notify the person to whom it is issued of any change in his authority to receive methylated spirits.

(3) The requirements of this regulation shall not apply in the following cases—

(a) where the supply consists of mineralised methylated spirits; or

(b) where a chemist or dispensing chemist supplies industrial methylated spirits in a quantity of 3 litres or less to a medical practitioner on a written order signed by that practitioner; or

(c) where the supply is by a dispensing chemist who has received industrial methylated spirits in accordance with an authority granted under regulation 24 above and has manufactured them into articles in accordance with any conditions imposed under that regulation or where he has manufactured those methylated spirits into articles which are sold on the prescription of a medical practitioner or where he sells those methylated spirits for medical use on the prescription or order of a medical practitioner; or

(d) where the spirits are sent out for delivery to a place outside both the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

Disposal of stocks in certain circumstances

26.—(1) If a methylator or an authorised user discontinues his business while holding stocks of methylated spirits or if any authority or licence under which he holds those stocks is revoked he shall within a reasonable time and to the satisfaction of the proper officer dispose of any methylated spirits in his possession.

(2) Where the discontinuance of a business is caused by the death of a methylator or authorised user his personal representatives shall dispose of any methylated spirits which were in his possession at the time of his death in the manner required by paragraph (1) above.