40ZAJApplication

40ZAJ Application

(1) A person (the applicant) may apply in the prescribed form to the Committee to omit an Australian GI from the Register on the ground that the GI is no longer required. (2) The application must be accompanied by a written statement from each of the following organisations supporting the application: (a) a declared winemakers’ organisation (if any); (b) a declared wine grape growers’ organisation (if any); (c) the organisation or organisations representing winemakers in a State or Territory wholly or partly covered by the region or locality in Australia indicated by the GI; (d) the organisation or organisations representing growers of wine grapes in a State or Territory wholly or partly covered by the region or locality in Australia indicated by the GI. (3) The application must also be accompanied by such fee (if any) charged by the Authority for the making of such an application. (4) The Authority may waive the fee. (5) If: (a) the application is not accompanied by the fee, and the fee is not waived by the Authority; or (b) the application is not accompanied by the statements referred to in subsection (2); then the application is taken never to have been made.