Commonwealth act

Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1954

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

39 of 1954

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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What this law does

This Act makes two small but important changes to the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1953:

Defines "brandy": It adds a definition stating that "brandy" means brandy distilled from wine, bringing brandy under the existing wine marketing scheme.
Expands how marketing funds can be used: Previously, money from the Wine Overseas Marketing Fund could only be spent promoting Australian wine in overseas markets. Now, the funds can be used to promote both wine and brandy, and this promotion can happen in Australia or overseas (removing the restriction that the wine had to be "Australian" and that the marketing had to be for export).

Why it matters

This gives the Australian wine industry more flexibility to use government marketing funds. Producers can now promote their products to domestic consumers, not just international buyers, and brandy producers can access the same support as wine producers.

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Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1954

WINE OVERSEAS MARKETING.

No. 39 of 1954.

An Act to amend the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1953.

[Assented to 29th October, 1954.]

[Date of commencement, 26th November, 1954.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1954.

(2.) The Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1953, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1954.

Definitions.

Section four of the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1953 is amended by inserting before the definition of “wine” the following definition:—

“‘brandy’ means brandy distilled from wine;”.

Application of moneys paid into Fund.

Section twenty-two of the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1953 is amended by omitting from paragraph (e) the words “of Australian wine” and inserting in their stead the words “,whether in Australia or elsewhere, of wine or brandy”.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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