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AUSTRALIAN WINE AND BRANDY CORPORATION REGULATIONS 1981 - NOTES

- made under the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 156 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 16 November 2005
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2005 No. 245

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra


Contents

Part 1                    Preliminary                                                                 

                        1     Name of Regulations see Note 1]                                     5

                        2     Repeal of the Wine Overseas Marketing (Licences) Regulations          5

                        3     Interpretation                                                                   5

                        4     Grape products                                                                6

Part 2                    General export controls                                          

                        5     Grant of licences                                                             7

                        6     Conditions of export — general                                         7

                    6AA     Conditions of export — exports to EC countries                  9

                      6A     Conditions of export — food standards                             10

                        7     Export certificates                                                          10

                        8     Powers of Corporation                                                    12

                        9     Suspension and cancellation of licences                          12

                       10     Application for review of decision                                     12

                       11     Corporation may require information                                 13

Part 3                    Exemption of wines from offence provisions   

                       12     Small quantities of wine                                                  14

                       13     Geographical indications and traditional expressions         15

                       14     Vine varieties: Hermitage                                                15

                       15     Vine varieties: Lambrusco                                               15

                       17     Marketing periods for the use of geographical indications, registered traditional expressions and protected ancillary expressions                                       16

                    17A     Use of trade mark in description of wine (Act s 40J)          17

Part 4                    Description and presentation of wine                 

                       18     Interpretation                                                                 19

                       19     Grape blends produced in more than 1 country                 19

                       20     Grape varieties                                                               19

                       21     Geographical indications                                                 20

                       22     Vintages                                                                       22

Part 5                    Criteria for determining geographical indications         

                       23     Determining geographical indications                               23

                       24     Interpretation                                                                 23

                       25     Criteria for determining geographical indications                24

                       26     Applications                                                                  26

Part 6                    Objection to determination of GI based on pre-existing trade mark rights 

Division 1                General                                                                          

                       28     Definition for Part 6                                                         27

                       29     Parties to send copies of evidence to each other               27

                       30     Costs                                                                            27

                       31     How fees are to be paid (Act s 40RC and s 40RE)            27

Division 2                Consideration of objections                                           

                       33     Application of Division 2 (Act s 40RC)                              28

5>                       34     Definition for Division 2                                                    28

                       35     Objections                                                                     28

                       36     Evidence                                                                       28

                       37     Evidence in answer                                                        29

                       38     Request for hearing                                                        29

                       39     New evidence                                                                29

                       40     Decision by Registrar                                                     30

                       41     No decision if trade mark subject to removal or cancellation proceedings          30

                       42     Withdrawal of objection                                                   30

                       43     Fees                                                                             31

Division 3                Application for decision that ground of objection no longer exists          

                       44     Application of Division 3 (Act s 40RE)                              32

5>                       45     Definition for Division 3                                                    32

                       46     Claims                                                                          32

                       47     Evidence                                                                       33

                       48     Decision if no evidence is filed                                         33

                       49     Evidence in answer                                                        33

                       50     Request for hearing                                                        33

                       51     New evidence                                                                34

                       52     Decision by Registrar                                                     34

                       53     Withdrawal of claims                                                      34

                       54     No decision if trade mark subject to removal or cancellation proceedings          35

                       55     Fees for claim that ground of objection no longer exists (Act s 40RE)  35

Part 7                    Miscellaneous                                                           

                       60     Delegation                                                                     36

Schedule 1             Geographical indications and traditional expressions 37

Notes                                                                                                          38

 


  

Notes to the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Regulations 1981

Note 1

The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Regulations 1981 (in force under the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1981 No. 156 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.  From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series).  Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 January 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Instruments

Year and
number

Date of notification
in Gazette or FRLI registration

Date of
commencement

Application, saving or
transitional provisions

1981 No. 156

23 June 1981

1 July 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S123)

 

1986 No. 161

30 June 1986

1 July 1986

R. 8

1993 No. 374

24 Dec 1993

24 Dec 1993

1994 No. 338

11 Oct 1994

11 Oct 1994

2000 No. 130

28 June 2000

1 Jan 2001

R. 4 [see Table A]

2001 No. 76

27 Apr 2001

27 Apr 2001

2002 No. 60

5 Apr 2002

5 Apr 2002

2003 No. 191

31 July 2003

1 Aug 2003

2004 No. 252

26 Aug 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see r. 2)

2005 No. 39

24 Mar 2005 (see F2005L00752)

25 Mar 2005

2005 No. 245

15 Nov 2005 (see F2005L03397)

16 Nov 2005

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Part 1

 

Heading to Part 1.................

ad. 1993 No. 374

R. 1..........................................

am. 1993 No. 374

 

rs. 2000 No. 130

R. 3..........................................

am. 1986 No. 161

 

rs. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2004 No. 252; 2005 No. 39

R. 4..........................................

rs. 1993 No. 374

Part 2

 

Heading to Part 2.................

ad. 1993 No. 374

R. 5..........................................

am. 1986 No. 161; 1993 No. 374; 2005 No. 39

R. 6..........................................

rs. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2005 No. 39

R. 6AA.....................................

ad. 2003 No. 191

R. 6A.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

rs. 2005 No. 245

R. 7..........................................

rs. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2005 No. 39

R. 8..........................................

am. 1993 No. 374

 

rs. 2005 No. 39

R. 9..........................................

am. 1986 No. 161; 1993 No. 374; 2005 No. 39

R. 10.......................................

am. 1986 No. 161; 1993 No. 374; 2005 Nos. 39 and 245

R. 11.......................................

am. 1993 No. 374; 2002 No. 60

Part 3

 

Part 3......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

R. 12.......................................

rep. 1986 No. 161

 

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2005 No. 39

R. 13.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

rs. 2000 No. 130

R. 14.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

R. 15.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

R. 16.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

rep. 2000 No. 130

R. 17.......................................

ad.1993 No. 374

 

am. 2000 No. 130

R. 17A.....................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

Part 4

 

Heading to Part 4.................

rs. 2001 No. 76

Part 4......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

R. 18.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

Heading to r. 19....................

rs. 2001 No. 76

R. 19.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2000 No. 130; 2001 No. 76

Heading to r. 20....................

rs. 2001 No. 76

R. 20.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2000 No. 130; 2001 No. 76

Heading to r. 21....................

rs. 2001 No. 76

R. 21.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 1994 No. 338; 2001 No. 76

Heading to r. 22....................

rs. 2001 No. 76

R. 22.......................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2001 No. 76

Part 5

 

Part 5......................................

ad. 1994 No. 338

R. 23.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 338

R. 24.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 338

R. 25.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 338

R. 26.......................................

ad. 1994 No. 338

R. 27.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

Part 6

 

Part 6......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

Division 1

 

R. 28.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 29.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 30.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 31.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 32.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

Division 2

 

R. 33.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 34.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 35.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 36.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 37.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 38.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 39.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 40.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 41.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 42.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 43.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

Division 3

 

R. 44.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 45.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 46.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 47.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 48.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 49.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 50.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 51.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 52.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 53.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 54.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

R. 55.......................................

ad. 2004 No. 252

Part 7

 

Part 7......................................

ad. 2005 No. 39

R. 60.......................................

ad. 2005 No. 39

Schedule heading................

rep. 2000 No. 130

Schedule 1

 

Heading to Schedule 1.......

ad. 2000 No. 130

Schedule................................

ad. 1993 No. 374

 

am. 2000 No. 130

 

Table A                  Application, saving or transitional provisions

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 130

4              Transitional

         (1)   Regulation 16 of the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Regulations, as in force immediately before 1 January 2001, continues to apply during the marketing period to the use of the name ‘Riesling’ to describe and present wine if:

                 (a)     the wine was produced and labelled before 1 January 2001; and

                (b)     the name is used by:

                          (i)     a wholesaler of wine in the course of the wholesaler’s business; or

                         (ii)     a retailer of wine in the course of the retailer’s business.

         (2)   In subregulation (1):

during the marketing period means from 1 January 2001 until:

                 (a)     for a wholesaler — the end of 30 June 2001; or

                (b)     for a retailer:

                          (i)     the end of 30 June 2001; or

                         (ii)     if the retailer has a stock of the wine at the end of that day — the stock is exhausted.