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AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 2) 1999 NO. 170, 1999 - SCHEDULE 7

- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

1 Subsection 4(1) (at the end of the definition of wine )

Add ", and includes a grape product declared by the regulations to be wine for the purposes of this Act".

2 Paragraph 5D(a)

After "wine is made", insert "from grapes grown".

3 Section 39C (at the end of the definition of examinable document )

Add:

; or (d) any other document that is relevant to monitoring or enforcing compliance with a label law.

4 Section 39C (definition of wine )

Repeal the definition.

5 Section 39C (definition of wine premises )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

wine premises means any premises, place or conveyance where it is reasonable to assume that wine goods or examinable documents are or might be located.

6 Paragraph 39G(2)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

7 Paragraph 39H(2)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

8 Paragraph 39J(2)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

9 Paragraph 39K(2)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

10 Paragraph 39M(2)(e)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

11 Paragraph 39N(3)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

12 Paragraph 39P(2)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

13 Paragraph 39Q(2)(c)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

14 Paragraph 39R(3)(e)

After "characteristics", insert "and other details".

15 At the end of section 39W

Add:

(2)
Also, the record must show details of every step the wine manufacturer who must make the record took, in manufacturing the wine or extract, that changed or affected:

(a)
if the section requiring the record applies because of a claim about vintage—the vintage of the wine or extract; or

(b)
if that section applies because of a claim about variety—the variety of the wine or extract; or

(c)
if that section applies because of a claim about region of origin—the geographical indication of the wine or extract; or

(d)
in any case—the tank or other place or thing in which the wine or extract was stored; or

(e)
in any case—the volume of the wine or extract stored in any such tank, place or thing.

(3)
The details required under subsection (2) in relation to a wine or extract must be in a form that allows an audit trail containing its history of the wine's manufacture to be readily traced from the record. It must be possible for the details of the steps taken and the results of the steps to be readily checked for discrepancies by following the sequence of the steps recorded.

16 Application of amendments

The amendments made by items 6 to 15 apply to wines and grape extracts that are begun to be manufactured after the commencement of this item.

17 At the end of section 39ZAAA

Add:

(2)
In proceedings for an offence against this section, if the prosecution:

(a)
does not prove whether the wine concerned was a single wine or a blend; but

(b)
does prove that, in either case, the defendant would have committed an offence against this section;

the prosecution does not have to prove whether the wine was a single wine or a blend in order to prove the offence.

18 Section 39ZK

Omit "section 39ZH", substitute "section 39ZJ".

19 Subsection 39ZL(2)

Omit "subsection (1)", substitute "subsection (1A)".

20 At the end of Part VIB

Add:

Division 6—Inspection 40ZF Inspection powers

The provisions of Part VIA relating to inspections, including Division 4 of that Part, apply in relation to this Part in the same way as they apply in relation to Part VIA, with the following modifications:

(a)
references in that Part to label laws are treated as references to the requirements of this Part and of regulations made for the purposes of this Part;

(b)
references in that Part to label offences are treated as references to offences against this Part and against regulations made for the purposes of this Part.

21 At the end of section 44

Add:

(2)
The provisions of Part VIA relating to inspections, including Division 4 of that Part, apply in relation to this section in the same way as they apply in relation to that Part, with the following modifications:

(a)
references in that Part to label laws are treated as references to the requirements of the regulations relating to the export of grape products from Australia;

(b)
references in that Part to label offences are treated as references to offences against this section.


[ Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 30 June 1999
Senate on 24 August 1999 ]
(151/99)



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