Wine Amendment Act 2005
Wine Amendment Act 2005
Wine Amendment Act 2005
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
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(1) This Act is the Wine Amendment Act 2005.
(2) In this Act, the Wine Act 2003 is called
“the principal Act”
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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:
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“(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.”
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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)”
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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)”
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Legislative history | |
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| 8 December 2005 | Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (No 5) (Bill 249-2), third reading |