Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WINE AUSTRALIA ACT 2013 - SECT 7A

    The Authority may perform its functions only:

  (a)   for purposes relating to trade or commerce:

  (i)   between Australia and places outside Australia; or

  (ii)   among the States; or

  (iii)   within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories; or

  (aa)   for purposes relating to bounties on the production or export of goods; or

  (b)   for purposes related to external affairs, including any of the following:

  (i)   enabling Australia to fulfil its obligations under prescribed wine - trading agreements;

  (ii)   enabling Australia to fulfil its obligations under other international agreements to which Australia is a party;

  (iii)   addressing matters of international concern;

  (iv)   by way of the performance of its functions in a place outside Australia; or

  (c)   for purposes relating to a corporation to which paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution applies; or

  (d)   for purposes relating to the collection of statistics; or

  (e)   by way of the use of a postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like service within the meaning of paragraph   51(v) of the Constitution; or

  (f)   by way of the making of a grant of financial assistance to a State or Territory; or

  (g)   for purposes relating to a Territory; or

  (h)   with respect to a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 ); or

  (i)   for purposes relating to the implied power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to nationhood; or

  (j)   for purposes relating to the executive power of the Commonwealth; or

  (k)   for purposes relating to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth.