Western Australian Current Regulations

LIQUOR CONTROL REGULATIONS 1989 - REG 4A

4A .         Substances prescribed (food items) (Act s. 3(1) liquor )

        (1)         The following substances are prescribed under paragraph (b) of the definition of liquor in section 3(1) as being liquor for the purposes of the Act —

            (a)         an alcohol based food essence that is sold by way of retail sale;

            (b)         an alcohol based novelty food item that is sold by way of retail sale.

        (2)         In subregulation (1) —

        alcohol based food essence means a preparation of flavouring substance in liquid form with a concentration of ethanol exceeding 1.15% by volume in a container that has a volume exceeding —

            (a)         100 ml, in the case of natural vanilla essence; or

            (b)         50 ml, in any other case;

        alcohol based novelty food item means a food item or ice confection which contains more than 0.5% ethanol by volume and is modelled on children’s food stuff, including but not limited to, lollipops, ice‑creams, or jellies;

        retail sale has the meaning given in the Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 .

        [Regulation 4A inserted: Gazette 23 Sep 1994 p. 4901; amended: Gazette 30 Dec 1994 p. 7329; 26 Nov 1996 p. 6629; 30 Apr 1999 p. 1820‑1.]