Commonwealth act

Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

141 of 1973

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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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".

What this means:

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.
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.
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.

The change does not alter who is regulated or how the wine export market operates—it simply updates the technical unit of weight.

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Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973

No. 141 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966.

[Assented to 22 November 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973.

(2) The Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1973.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions.

3. 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”.

Source text

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Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973

No. 141 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966.

[Assented to 22 November 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1973.

(2) The Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929-1973.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions.