{"id":"C1973A00141","name":"Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973","slug":"wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"141 of 1973","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2570,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1973A00141-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nWine Overseas Marketing Act 1973\n\nNo. 141 of 1973\n\n \n\nAN ACT\n\nTo amend the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966.\n\n[Assented to 22 November 1973]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973.\n\n(2) The Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1973.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3. Section 4 of the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966 is amended by omitting from the definitions of “winery” and “distillery” the words “twenty-five tons” and substituting the words “twenty-five tonnes”.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1875},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original purpose of regulating wine overseas marketing. The amendment is purely technical, converting imperial measurement units to metric units without altering the substantive regulatory framework, thresholds, or the scope of businesses covered."},"complexity_factors":["Only three operative sections (short title, commencement, and amendment)","Single amendment substituting two words ('tons' to 'tonnes')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the principal Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or defined terms within this amending Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act makes a minor technical update to Australia's wine export laws. It changes the measurement unit in the definitions of **winery** and **distillery** from \"twenty-five tons\" to \"twenty-five tonnes\".\n\n**What this means:**\n- **Metrication**: This switches the weight measurement from the imperial system (tons) to the metric system (tonnes) to align with Australia's metric conversion policy in the 1970s.\n- **Who it affects**: Wine producers and distilleries that export overseas. The Act uses this 25-tonne threshold to determine which businesses are classified as wineries or distilleries under the marketing regulations.\n- **Practical impact**: This is purely a housekeeping amendment updating the unit of measurement while keeping the same numerical value (25). It ensures the Wine Overseas Marketing Act uses consistent measurement standards with other Australian laws.\n\nThe change does not alter who is regulated or how the wine export market operates—it simply updates the technical unit of weight."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973","history":"/api/acts/wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wine-overseas-marketing-act-1973/documents"}}