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An Act to amend the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act, 1914.
[23rd August 1916]
X1Whereas thetreaty of commerce and navigation set out in the Schedule to the M1Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”), has not been ratified, and in order to give effect to the intention of the said treaty it is expedient further to limit the use of the description “port” as applied to wine:
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
M11914 (5 & 6 Geo. 5) c. 1.
X1A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
(1)The description “port” applied to wine the produce of Portugal, imported into the United Kingdom after the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be a false trade description within the meaning of [F1the M1Trade Descriptions Act 1968], if the wine on importation into the United Kingdom was not accompanied by a certificate issued by the competent Portuguese authorities to the effect that it was a wine to which by the law of Portugal the description “port” may be applied, and that Act shall have effect accordingly:
Provided that it shall be a good defence to any proceedings under that Act in respect of such a description as aforesaid if it is proved that the wine to which the description is applied is intended solely for exportation from the United Kingdom.
(2)This provision is in addition to and not in derogation of any of the provisions contained in the principal Act.
F1Words substituted by Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29), Sch. 1 para. 2
M11968 c. 29.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act, 1916, and the principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Acts, 1914 and 1916.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty Act 1916