Bill
Grape and Wine Legislation Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013
passed, as at 2013-12-13. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2013-11-14
- second reading — 2013-11-14
- second reading — 2013-12-02
- other — 2013-12-02
- second reading — 2013-12-02
- other — 2013-12-02
- third reading — 2013-12-02
- introduced — 2013-12-03
- second reading — 2013-12-03
- second reading — 2013-12-12
- second reading — 2013-12-12
- third reading — 2013-12-12
- passed — 2013-12-12
- royal assent — 2013-12-13
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2013-11-14.
This bill is part of a package that merges two wine industry bodies into a new statutory authority called the Australian Grape and Wine Authority.
The new authority would take over the roles of the existing organisations and start operating on 1 July 2014, with no change to the levy structure or amounts that fund them.
The explanatory memorandum says the merger aims to align strategy and reduce red tape, such as removing the need for ministerial approval of annual operational plans.
- Creates the Australian Grape and Wine Authority.
- Transfers assets, staff and functions from the two existing bodies to the new authority.
- Amends the Wine Australia Act to establish the new authority.
- Amends the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act and the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act to ensure levy collection continues under the new arrangements.
Grape growers, winemakers, and the wine industry bodies being merged.
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