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The Spirits Regulations 1991

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Taking account

17.—(1) A distiller shall give notice of the taking account of spirits and such notice shall be given in the entry book (or other records approved under regulation 21 below) and shall specify the vessel, day and time when account is to be taken.

(2) Save as the officer may otherwise allow, not less than 24 hours notice shall be given under paragraph (1) above.

(3) Save as the officer may otherwise allow, a distiller shall ensure that spirits are not removed from the vessel in which account of them has been taken until one hour after that account has been declared in the entry book (or other records approved under regulation 21 below), and that nothing is added to those spirits before that time has elapsed.

(4) A distiller may, for reasonable cause, before the time specified in the notice for taking account of spirits, cancel the notice or vary it by substituting a later time.

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