SCHEDULE 2Alternative provision as to penalties in cases of disapplication of section 85(1) of the 2012 Act

Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (c.4)I13

1

The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows.

2

In section 17 (offences in connection with removal of spirits from distillery, etc), in subsection (2)(a), for “the prescribed sum” substitute “£20,000”.

3

In section 25 (penalty for unlawful manufacture of spirits, etc)16, in subsection (1), in the words following paragraph (d), for “level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “£20,000”.

4

In Schedule 2A (duty stamps)17

a

in paragraph 5(3), for “level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “£20,000”;

b

in paragraph 6(3), for “level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “£20,000”;

c

in paragraph 7(3), for “level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “£20,000”.