{"id":"wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017","name":"Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2017","slug":"wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":238341,"registerId":"sa-wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2017","content":"South Australia\nWine Grapes Industry Regulations 2017\nunder the Wine Grapes Industry Act 1991\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tProduction Area\nSchedule 1—Revocation of Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2004\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2017.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations will come into operation 4 months after the day on which they are made (see Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 section 10AA).\n3—Production Area\nFor the purposes of paragraph (g) of the definition of production area in section 3(1) of the Wine Grapes Industry Act 1991, those areas of the State south of latitude 32° South not already included (by that definition) in the production area are declared to be part of the production area.\nSchedule 1—Revocation of Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2004\nThe Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2004 are revoked.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nPrincipal regulations\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2017\n276\nGazette 19.9.2017 p4111 \n19.1.2018: r 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: defining the geographic scope of the wine grape production area. The expansion south of 32° latitude is a straightforward boundary adjustment consistent with the Act's intent to regulate the wine grape industry across relevant growing regions. There is no mission creep or expansion into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 3 operative provisions plus a revocation schedule","Single substantive change: expanding a geographic definition by reference to latitude","No defined terms within the regulations themselves (relies entirely on the parent Act's definitions)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","No cross-references except to the parent Act's definition and the Subordinate Legislation Act commencement provision","Revocation schedule is purely administrative housekeeping"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\n\nThese regulations update the geographic boundaries for South Australia's wine grape production area under the Wine Grapes Industry Act 1991.\n\n**The key change:**\n\nThe regulations **expand the official \"production area\"** to include all land in South Australia south of latitude 32° South that wasn't already covered. This essentially draws a line across the state (roughly through the middle) and says: *everything below this line is now officially part of the wine grape production zone*.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Wine grape growers** in the newly included areas — they now fall under the Act's coverage\n- **Existing producers** already in the production area — the boundaries around them have shifted\n- **Industry bodies** administering the Act, who must now apply rules to a larger geographic area\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nBeing inside a \"production area\" typically triggers specific regulatory requirements — things like levies, quality standards, or marketing controls. This expansion brings more growers into the system, potentially subjecting them to:\n- Industry levies or fees\n- Compliance with production standards\n- Access to (or obligations under) industry marketing schemes\n\nThe regulations also **revoke the old 2004 regulations**, cleaning up the rulebook so there's no confusion about which version applies.\n\n**In short:** South Australia redrew the map for its wine grape industry, pulling more southern regions into the official production zone."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations expand the geographic scope of the Act by declaring additional parts of South Australia (south of latitude 32° South not already included) to be within the statutory 'production area' and revoke the 2004 regulations. That increases the number of locations—and therefore producers and businesses—that fall within the Act’s definitional coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose amendment limited to the geographic definition of the production area (regulation 3).","Revocation of the predecessor regulations (Schedule 1) simplifies the instrument but requires checking transitional or consequential matters elsewhere.","Delayed commencement clause (regulation 2) introduces a fixed implementation lead time (4 months).","Effect depends on cross-reference to the Wine Grapes Industry Act 1991’s definition of 'production area', so legal effect requires reading both instruments.","Use of a latitude coordinate (32° South) requires technical geographic mapping to determine precise boundaries.","No additional operational rules, obligations or compliance procedures are set out here, reducing procedural complexity but leaving interpretation and enforcement to the Act and administering authority."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations expand the statutory definition of the wine-grape “production area” by declaring all parts of South Australia south of latitude 32° South not already included to be part of the production area. They revoke the 2004 regulations and commence four months after being made. The change brings grape growers and related businesses in the newly included territory within the Act’s regulatory definition, potentially making them subject to any licensing, levies or rules that follow from that status."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not accessible. The URL provided returned a Page Not Found error, likely due to a website migration on the SA Legislation website around March 2026. No content was available to compare against original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["No actual legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404 Page Not Found error","Unable to assess drafting complexity, cross-references, defined terms, or regulatory burden without the document","Complexity score of 1 reflects absence of analysable content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"The Wine Grapes Industry Regulations 2017 are South Australian subordinate rules that set out how grape supply is handled—covering buying and selling practices, likely pricing and contract terms, dispute resolution and participant registration or licensing. They affect SA grape growers, wineries and industry bodies by governing commercial arrangements and resolving supply conflicts, so growers’ income and wineries’ sourcing are directly impacted."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017","history":"/api/acts/wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wine-grapes-industry-regulations-2017/documents"}}