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Wine Amendment Act 2005

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Act In force Latest version as at 03 September 2007 (as enacted) | 2005 No 119 | Administered by Ministry for Primary Industries

Wine Amendment Act 2005

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Wine Amendment Act 2005

Public Act 2005 No 119
Date of assent 14 December 2005

Contents

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

  • (1) This Act is the Wine Amendment Act 2005.

    (2) In this Act, the Wine Act 2003 is called “the principal Act”.

2 Commencement

  • This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Applications for registration of wine standards management plans

  • Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsection:

    • “(1A) Despite the requirement in subsection (1)(b), the Director-General may waive or modify the requirement for an independent evaluation report where—

      • “(a) a wine standards management plan is fully based on a template, model, or code of practice that the Director-General considers to be valid and appropriate for the business concerned in accordance with section 8(2); or

      • “(b) a wine standards management plan is a multi-business wine standards management plan approved by the Director-General in accordance with section 15; or

      • “(c) the risks to human health are negligible and the Director-General is satisfied that the nature of the business does not require an independent evaluation report to ensure validity in terms of sections 8 and 14.”

4 Director-General may recognise agencies that may be responsible for verification and other specialist functions

  • Section 69(3)(c) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the expression “section 18(2)(b)”, and substituting the expression “section 18(1)(b)”.

5 Director-General may recognise persons to carry out verification or other specialist functions

  • Section 70(3)(c) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the expression “section 18(2)(b)”, and substituting the expression “section 18(1)(b)”.

Legislative history
8 December 2005 Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (No 5) (Bill 249-2), third reading
Act In force Latest version as at 03 September 2007 (as enacted)

Wine Amendment Act 2005

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