HC Deb 06 April 1949 vol 463 c2103

Resolved: That, as from the seventh day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, the duty of excise on sweets charged under section six of the Finance Act, 1927, shall be charged at the rates set out in the following Table:—

Description of sweets Rate of duty per gallon
£ s. d.
Not exceeding 27 degrees proof sprit—
Still at 10 6
Sparkling at 1 8 6
Exceeding 27 degrees proof spirit—
Still at 1 10 6
Sparkling at 1 16 6

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913."