{"id":"C1941L00072","name":"National Security (Wine Marketing) Regulations","slug":"national-security-wine-marketing-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"72 of 1941","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22389,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1941L00072-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Wine Marketing) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1941\\. No. 72.\n\n––––––\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.\\*\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 National Security Act 1939-1940.\n\nDated this Second\n\nday of April , 1941\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signed for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination](image.001.jpeg)\n\nfor and on behalf of Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.\n\n––––––\n\nNational Security (Wine Marketing) Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Wine Marketing) Regulations.\n\nAdministration.\n\n2. These Regulations shall be administered by the Minister of State for Commerce.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Board” means the Wine Overseas Marketing Board constituted under the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1936;\n\n“the Fund” means the Wine Export Fund constituted by the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1936.\n\nApplication of moneys in Fund.\n\n4. Any moneys in the Fund may, in addition to the purposes for which they may be applied by the Board in pursuance of section 22 of the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1936, also be applied by the Board for any purpose (including the payment of any grant or subsidy) which, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to increase the sale of Australian wine in Australia.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1681.—15/19.3.1941.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1297},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Wine Export Fund was originally restricted to overseas marketing purposes under the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1936. This regulation significantly broadens the scope to encompass domestic marketing activities, grants, and subsidies—shifting the Fund's focus from exclusively export-oriented support to include boosting internal Australian sales."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms ('the Board' and 'the Fund')","Single substantive provision (regulation 4) consisting of one sentence","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Simple expansion of existing statutory purposes without nested limitations"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation expands what the wine industry can do with the **Wine Export Fund**.\n\nNormally, this money could only be spent on marketing Australian wine **overseas** under the Wine Overseas Marketing Act. This rule adds a new power: the Wine Overseas Marketing Board can now spend the Fund on anything—including grants or subsidies—that it thinks will increase **domestic** wine sales within Australia.\n\nMade during World War II, it effectively allows the industry to redirect export promotion money to boost local sales at a time when international shipping and markets were disrupted by the war."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-wine-marketing-regulations","history":"/api/acts/national-security-wine-marketing-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-wine-marketing-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-wine-marketing-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-wine-marketing-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-wine-marketing-regulations/documents"}}