Hong Kong Regulations

DUTIABLE COMMODITIES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 52

Construction of distilleries

Every distillery shall be enclosed by walls or fences and every part thereof
and every fixture therein or thereon constructed and maintained in good and
substantial repair and in sanitary condition, to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner, and in particular-

   (a)  access to the distillery may be obtained only from a street or road to
        which the public has access;

   (b)  the distillery shall be illuminated and ventilated to the satisfaction
        of the Commissioner;

   (c)  necessary precautions to prevent the outbreak of fire shall be taken
        in the distillery and such fire extinguishers and other fire fighting
        appliances as the Commissioner may require shall be provided;

   (d)  in the distillery there shall be one or more stores

(hereinafter called spirit stores) for the collection and storage of all
dutiable liquor;

   (e)  the stills shall be of a type approved by the Commissioner and shall
        be so arranged, and the stills and the spirit stores so constructed,
        that all spirit produced in the distillery must pass from every still
        either directly into a spirit store or first into a locked receiver
        and then into a spirit store, but in either case so that no access can
        be had to the spirit except by a member of the Customs and Excise
        Service, the spirit receiver shall have no outlet except through a
        cock fitted with a lock affixed and sealed by a member of the Customs
        and Excise Service;

   (f)  no alterations or repairs, and no change in the use to which any part
        of the premises is put, shall be made without the consent of the
        Commissioner;

   (g)  the distiller shall provide and maintain, to the satisfaction of the
        Commissioner, clean office accommodation and all necessary furniture,
        writing materials, heating and cooling equipment, lighting, and
        lavatory accommodation, for the use of members of the Customs and
        Excise Service on duty at the premises and no charge shall be levied
        for the facilities required by this paragraph. (L.N. 7 of 1987) (L.N.
        294 of 1982)