Bill
Primary Industries (Customs) Charges 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 of three bills that merge the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation and the Wine Australia Corporation into a new body called the Australian Grape and Wine Authority.
The new authority would start on 1 July 2014 and take over the existing functions of both organisations, with the same levy structure and amounts.
The explanatory memorandum says the merger would reduce red tape, for example by removing the need for ministerial approval of annual operational plans.
- Amends the Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act to make sure the new levy arrangements work as intended.
- Creates the Australian Grape and Wine Authority to replace the two existing bodies.
- Transfers assets, staff and functions from the old bodies to the new authority.
The wine industry, including grape growers and winemakers, and the two existing statutory authorities being merged.
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