Finance Act 2003

Spirits.

92.—(1) In this section “alcohol” means pure ethyl alcohol.

(2) The duty of excise on spirits imposed by paragraph 4(2) of the Imposition of Duties (No. 221) (Excise Duties) Order 1975 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1975 ) shall be charged, levied and paid, as on and from 5 December 2002, at the rate of €39.25 per litre of alcohol in the spirits.

(3) Section 82 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Finance Act 1996 (as amended by section 240 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Finance Act 2001 ), are repealed with effect as on and from 5 December 2002.