A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)

(234 of 2009)

Dated 7 September 2009

A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

1   Name of Regulations

These Regulations are theA New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

2   Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3   Amendment of A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends theA New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1   Amendment

[1]   Before regulation 31-4.01

insert

31-3.01 Grape wine products

(1) For paragraph (d) of the definition of grape wine product in section 31–3 of the Act, this regulation prescribes requirements for grape wine products.

(2) A grape wine product must not have added to it the flavour of any alcoholic beverage (other than wine), whether the flavour is natural or artificial.

(3) The ethyl alcohol used in preparing vegetable extracts, mentioned in subparagraph (b) (ii) of the definition:

(a) must only be used to extract flavours from vegetable matter; and

(b) must be essential to the extraction process; and

(c) must not add more than one percentage point to the strength of alcohol by volume of the beverage.