{"id":"C1949L00063","name":"Wine Overseas Marketing (Banking) Regulations","slug":"c1949l00063","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"63 of 1949","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320563,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1949L00063-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wine Overseas Marketing (Banking) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1949\\. No.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE WINE OVERSEAS MARKETING ACT 1929-1945.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1945.\n\n| Dated this eighthday of September |     | , 1949. |\n| --------------------------------- | --- | ------- |\n\nW. J. MCKELL\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\n(illegible)\n\nMinister of State for Commerce and Agriculture.\n\nWINE OVERSEAS MARKETING (BANKING) REGULATIONS.\n\n1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing citation. (Banking) Regulations.\n\nRepeal\n\n2. The Wine Overseas Marketing (Banking) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1929, No. 76, as amended by Statutory Rules 1931, No. 98) are repealed.\n\nDefinitions\n\n3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n\" the Act \" means the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1945;\n\n\" the Overseas Representative \" means the person appointed to act outside Australia as the representative of the Board and includes a person for the time being acting as Overseas Representative of the Board.\n\nSigning of cheques\n\n4.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, cheques drawn on an account referred to in section 23 or 24 of the Act shall be signed by the Secretary to the Board and two members of the Board or, alternatively, shall be signed by three members of the Board.\n\n(2.) Cheques drawn on an account referred to in section 23 or 24 of the Act and maintained with the London branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia shall be signed by the Overseas Representative.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1949\n\nBy Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n3822.—PRICE 3D, 8/11,8.1949.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1475},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is a straightforward repeal and replacement of the 1929 Banking Regulations (as amended in 1931), maintaining the identical scope of prescribing financial controls and cheque-signing authority for the Wine Overseas Marketing Board's accounts."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument containing only 4 regulations","Minimal definitions section with just 2 defined terms","Single, narrow procedural subject matter (cheque signing protocols)","Simple conditional logic with only one exception (London branch accounts)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations under the Wine Overseas Marketing Act set who can sign cheques on the Australian Wine Overseas Marketing Board’s bank accounts, affecting the Board, its Secretary and members, and its overseas representative.  \n\nThey require multiple signatories for most accounts to prevent unilateral access to funds, while allowing the Board’s London account to be operated by the Overseas Representative for practical overseas banking needs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1949l00063","history":"/api/acts/c1949l00063/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1949l00063/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1949l00063/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1949l00063/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1949l00063/documents"}}