The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Pursuant to sections 6(1) and 119(1)(a) of the Wine Act 2003, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal regulations amended
4	Exemption from requirement to have wine standards management plan
5	New regulation 5A inserted
	5A	Exemption for very small winemakers from requirement to have wine standards management plan
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Wine Amendment Regulations 2008.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 December 2008.

3 Principal regulations amended

These regulations amend the Wine Regulations 2006.

4 Exemption from requirement to have wine standards management plan

The heading to regulation 5 is amended by inserting “for wine labelling businesses” after “Exemption”.

5 New regulation 5A inserted

The following regulation is inserted after regulation 5:

5A Exemption for very small winemakers from requirement to have wine standards management plan

A winemaker is exempted, for a period of 2 years, from operating under a registered wine standards management plan for the winemaker’s winemaking operations if—

(a)

the winemaker proposes, during the 2-year period,—

(i)

to produce not more than 20 000 litres of wine; and

(ii)

not to sell the wine for export from New Zealand; and

(b)

the winemaker notifies, in writing, the Director-General of—

(i)

the dates on which the 2-year period is to begin and end; and

(ii)

the matters specified in paragraph (a)(i) and (ii); and

(c)

during the 2-year period, the winemaker—

(i)

produces not more than 20 000 litres of wine; and

(ii)

does not sell the wine for export from New Zealand.

Diane Morcom,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 December 2008, amend the Wine Regulations 2006.

The amendments provide a further exemption from the requirement for winemakers to have a registered wine standards management plan.

The exemption is for very small winemakers, being winemakers who, during a specified 2-year period, produce not more than 20 000 litres of wine and do not sell the wine for export from New Zealand.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 April 2008.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Wine Amendment Regulations 2008 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Wine Regulations 2021 (SL 2021/401): regulation 131(a)

Wine Amendment Regulations 2008