{"id":"C1911L00160","name":"Standard for Industrial Spirits Regulations","slug":"standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"160 of 1911","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20459,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1911L00160-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standard for Industrial Spirits Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1911\\. No. 160.\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE SPIRITS ACT 1906.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulation under the Spirits Act 1906, to come into operation forthwith; such Regulation to supersede the Provisional Regulation made under the said Act on 30th June, 1911 (Statutory Rules 1911, No. 101).\n\nDated this 20th day of September, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.\n\nDENMAN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nFRANK G. TUDOR,\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Customs.\n\nStandard for Industrial Spirits.\n\nThe following shall be the standard for Industrial Spirits, in lieu of that set out in the Schedule to the Spirits Act 1906:—\n\nThe spirit before methylation to be of a strength not less than 65 degrees overproof, and to be methylated by the addition of two per cent. of wood naphtha, one-half per cent. of pyridine liquid, and one-half per cent. of coal tar naphtha or shale naphtha.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.14633.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":884},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation precisely fulfills its stated purpose of replacing the previous provisional standard with a permanent technical specification for industrial spirits. There is no evidence of scope expansion beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision containing only a technical formula","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or administrative procedures","Length of approximately 150 words total"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation defines the required composition of \"industrial spirits\" — alcohol deliberately denatured (methylated) so it’s unfit to drink — allowing businesses to use it for manufacturing, cleaning, or fuel without paying beverage excise.\n\nBy mandating very high strength and specific toxic denaturants (including wood naphtha, pyridine, and coal- or shale-derived naphtha), it ensures the product is unpalatable and unsafe for consumption, preventing diversion into the beverage market and tax fraud while preserving duty-free access for legitimate non-beverage uses."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations","history":"/api/acts/standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/standard-for-industrial-spirits-regulations/documents"}}