The Denatured Alcohol (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1195
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Denatured Alcohol (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1 July 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Denatured Alcohol Regulations 2005

The Denatured Alcohol Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Denatured Alcohol Regulations 2005

After regulation 13(1) insert—

(1A) But paragraph (1) does not apply where—

(a) the denatured alcohol is received as a free sample; or

(b)

(i) the denatured alcohol is for the use of—

(aa) a school, or

(ab) an institution offering further or higher education; and

(ii) in any calendar year, the amounts received for that use do not exceed 5 litres of industrial denatured alcohol and 5 litres of trade specific denatured alcohol.

Section 4 Amendment of the Denatured Alcohol Regulations 2005

In regulation 14—

(a) at the beginning, insert “(1)”; and

(b) at the end, insert—

(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply where the supply is to a person who, in consequence of regulation 13(1A), is not required to be authorised in accordance with these Regulations.

Section 5 Amendment of the Denatured Alcohol Regulations 2005

In the Schedule—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

(1) Completely denatured alcohol must be made in accordance with the following formulation: with every 100 parts by volume of alcohol mix 3 parts by volume of isopropyl alcohol, 3 parts by volume of methylethylketone and one gramme of denatonium benzoate (of the description mentioned in paragraph 4).

(b) in paragraph 4, for “mentioned in paragraph 3, and in paragraph 6” substitute “mentioned in paragraphs 1, 3 and 6”;

(c) in paragraph 5, omit “or dyes” in both places where it appears;

(d) in paragraph 6—

(i) omit “crude pyridine, mineral naphtha,”; and

(ii) for “denatonium benzoate, and dyes” substitute “and denatonium benzoate”;

(e) omit paragraph 8;

(f) omit paragraph 9;

(g) omit paragraph 10; and

(h) omit the notes.