2004-2005-2006-2007

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


Presented and read a first time




Australian Wine and Brandy
Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1)
2007
No.           , 2007
(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)




A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Wine and
Brandy Corporation Act 1980, and for related
purposes


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            1       Short title ........................................................................................... 1
            2       Commencement ................................................................................. 1
            3       Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1--Amendments                                                                                                     3
      Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980                                                                      3


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     Brandy Corporation Act 1980, and for related
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     purposes
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     The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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     1 Short title
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                  This Act may be cited as the Australian Wine and Brandy
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                  Corporation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2007.
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     2 Commencement
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              (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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                  commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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                  column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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                  according to its terms.
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       Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007   No.   , 2007   1


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     Column 1               Column 2                                            Column 3
     Provision(s)           Commencement                                        Date/Details
     1. Sections 1 to 3     The day on which this Act receives the
     and anything in        Royal Assent.
     this Act not
     elsewhere covered
     by this table
     2. Schedule 1          The day on which this Act receives the
                            Royal Assent.
                    Note:     This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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                              passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be
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                              expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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            (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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                part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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                edited in any published version of this Act.
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     3 Schedule(s)
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                    Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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                    repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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                    concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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                    according to its terms.
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     Schedule 1--Amendments
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     Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980
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     1 At the end of paragraph 13(1)(a)
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           Add "and".
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     2 Paragraph 13(1)(b)
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           Repeal the paragraph.
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     3 Paragraph 13(1)(c)
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           Omit "6", substitute "7".
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     4 Subsection 13(4)
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           Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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           (4) The Minister must not appoint a person to be a member referred to
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               in paragraph (1)(c) unless the Minister is satisfied that the person
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               has knowledge of, or experience in, one or more of the following:
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                 (a) winemaking;
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                 (b) grape growing;
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                 (c) marketing;
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                 (d) finance;
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                 (e) business management and administration;
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                  (f) government policy processes and public administration.
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     5 Subsection 14(2)
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           Repeal the subsection.
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     6 Subsection 15(1)
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           Omit "or the member referred to in paragraph 13(1)(b)".
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     7 At the end of Part IVA
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           Add:
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           (1) The Committee must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each
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               year, prepare and give to the Minister a report of the operations of
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               the Committee (if any) during the financial year that ended on that
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               30 June.
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           (2) A report for a financial year may, subject to agreement between the
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               Presiding Member and the Chairperson, be included, as a discrete
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               part, in the annual report for the Corporation for that financial year.
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               Note:     The annual reporting obligations for the Corporation are contained in
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                         the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.
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           (3) If subsection (2) does not apply to a report under this section, the
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               Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each
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               House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after
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               the Minister has received the report.
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     8 Application of amendment made by item 7
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          The amendment made by item 7 applies in relation to the operations of
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          the Committee during the financial year commencing on 1 July 2007
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          and during subsequent financial years.
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