Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIQUOR ACT 1992 - SECT 14AB

14AB Exemption for particular liquors

(1) This Act does not apply to liquor if it is to be used only as—

(a) a preservative or medium in which fruit is offered for sale to the public in sealed containers and with the contents visible; or

(b) a food additive or an ingredient for food preparation; or

Examples of food additives or ingredient for food preparation—

Chinese cooking wine and soy sauce

(c) a personal hygiene product that is not swallowed; or

Examples of personal hygiene products—

perfumes, mouthwashes and topical disinfectants

(d) a medicine or for medicinal or chemical purposes.

Example of a substance used as a medicine or for medicinal or chemical purposes—

cough syrup

(2) However, this Act does apply to a substance that is liquor mentioned in subsection (1) if—

(a) the substance is being used as a beverage or for manufacturing a beverage; or

(b) all of the following apply—

(i) a regulation prescribes the substance for this paragraph;

(ii) the substance is sold otherwise than by wholesale;

(iii) if the regulation prescribes a maximum amount of the substance that may be contained in a container in which the substance is sold—the substance is sold in a container containing more than the amount prescribed.