Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WINE AUSTRALIA ACT 2013 - SECT 3

    The objects of this Act are:

  (a)   to support grape or wine research and development activities; and

  (aa)   to support the growth of the wine industry, and other industries that make wine (within the meaning of section   33 - 1 of the A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999 ); and

  (ab)   to support the growth of international wine tourism, and services, products and experiences that complement international wine tourism; and

  (b)   to control the export of grape products from Australia, including through the use of a Label Directory containing digital colour images of grape product labels and other information to allow persons to identify potential infringements of intellectual property rights; and

  (c)   to promote the consumption and sale of grape products, both in Australia and overseas; and

  (d)   to enable Australia to fulfil its obligations under prescribed wine - trading agreements and other international agreements.