| (1) |
Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), the particulars to be indicated on the label of a container of a liquor product shall be as follows: |
| (a) |
The applicable class designation of that liquor product as required in regulation 35. |
| (b) |
The alcohol content of that liquor product as required in regulation 36. |
| (c) |
The country of origin of that liquor product as required in regulation 37. |
| (d) |
The name and address or code number of the responsible seller of that liquor product as required in regulation 38. |
| (e) |
The expression "contains sulfites", "contains sulphites" or "bevat sulfiete" in the case of wine. |
[Regulation 33(1)(e) substituted by regulation 7(a) of Notice No. R. 77 of 2006]
| (f) |
The filling date of that liquor product as required in regulation 38A. |
[Regulation 33(1)(f) inserted by regulation 3(a) of Notice No. R. 846 of 2007]
| (g) |
The lot identification of that liquor product as required in regulation 38B. |
[Regulation 33(1)(g) inserted by regulation 5(a) of Notice No. R. 525 of 2012]
(2)
| (a) |
The indication of an applicable class designation can, in the case of wine, be omitted from the label, unless that wine— |
| (i) |
is a skin macerated white, an extended barrel aged white/gris, a natural pale/nonfortified pale, a methode ancestrale, an alternative red/rosé/white, a perlé wine, a sparkling wine, a sun wine, a low alcohol wine or a spirit-barrel-aged wine; or |
[Regulation 33(2)(a)(i) substituted by regulation 6 of Notice No. R. 736, GG44988, dated 13 August 2021]
| (ii) |
is a sweet natural wine with a residual sugar content of more than 30 grams per litre, but not a special late harvest or noble late harvest wine. |
[Regulation 33(2)(a)(ii) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 814 of 2006]
[Regulation 33(2)(a) substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R. 3152 of 1992]
| (b) |
The indication of the alcohol content on a label shall, except in the case of grape liquor and flavoured grape liquor, only be required in respect of liquor products sold by the responsible seller thereof after 30 June 1992: Provided that labels which were printed before that date and which do not indicate the required alcohol content, may be used until 30 June 1996. |
[Regulation 33(2)(b) substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 1876 of 1995]
| (c) |
If a liquor product, excluding a liquor product referred to in regulation 37(1)(c) and 37(3), has been produced in the Republic, the indication of the country of origin thereof may be omitted from a label. |
[Regulation 33(2)(c) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R274, GG 42260, dated 1 March 2019]
| (d) |
The indication of the expression "contains sulfites", "contains sulphites" or "bevat sulfiete" on a label is only required— |
| (i) |
in respect of wine bottled after a date determined by the administering officer; and |
| (ii) |
if sulphur dioxide occurs in that wine in a concentration of more than 10 milligram per litre, measured as total sulphur dioxide. |
[Regulation 33(2)(d) substituted by regulation 7(b) of Notice No. R. 77 of 2006]
| (e) |
The indication of the filling date can, in the case of a glass container, be omitted from a label. |
[Regulation 33(2)(e) inserted by regulation 3(b) of Notice No. R. 846 of 2007]
| (f) |
The indication of the lot identification is— |
| (i) |
only required in respect of a liquor product filled after 30 June 2012; and |
| (ii) |
not required for a wine with a certification seal. |
[Regulation 33(2)(f) inserted by regulation 5(b) of Notice No. R. 525 of 2012]
Statistics Act, 1999
