2004-2005-2006-2007

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

No. , 2007

(Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980, and for related purposes



Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 No. , 2007

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 No. , 2007
Contents

 

1 Short title 1

 

2 Commencement 1

 

3 Schedule(s) 2
Schedule 1--Amendments 3
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980 3

Schedule 1 Amendments


Amendments Schedule 1



Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 No. , 2007

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 No. , 2007

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 No. , 2007
A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:

 

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2007.

 

2 Commencement

    (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details

 

1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2. Schedule 1
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

    (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

 

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1--Amendments

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

 

1 At the end of paragraph 13(1)(a)
Add "and".

 

2 Paragraph 13(1)(b)
Repeal the paragraph.

 

3 Paragraph 13(1)(c)
Omit "6", substitute "7".

 

4 Subsection 13(4)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

    (4) The Minister must not appoint a person to be a member referred to in paragraph (1)(c) unless the Minister is satisfied that the person has knowledge of, or experience in, one or more of the following:

        (a)   winemaking;

        (b)   grape growing;

        (c)   marketing;

        (d)   finance;

        (e)   business management and administration;

        (f)   government policy processes and public administration.

 

5 Subsection 14(2)
Repeal the subsection.

 

6 Subsection 15(1)
Omit "or the member referred to in paragraph 13(1)(b)".

 

7 At the end of Part IVA
Add:

 

29TA Annual report

    (1) The Committee must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare and give to the Minister a report of the operations of the Committee (if any) during the financial year that ended on that 30 June.

    (2) A report for a financial year may, subject to agreement between the Presiding Member and the Chairperson, be included, as a discrete part, in the annual report for the Corporation for that financial year.

Note: The annual reporting obligations for the Corporation are contained in the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.

    (3) If subsection (2) does not apply to a report under this section, the Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister has received the report.

 

8 Application of amendment made by item 7
The amendment made by item 7 applies in relation to the operations of the Committee during the financial year commencing on 1 July 2007 and during subsequent financial years.

 

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