Queensland Consolidated Acts

WINE INDUSTRY ACT 1994

- As at 4 August 2020 
- Act 80 of 1994 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

           Division 1 - Introduction

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objectives and their achievement

           Division 2 - Interpretation

   4.      Dictionary

           Division 3 - Relationship between this Act and the Liquor Act

   5.      Relationship with Liquor Act

           Division 4 - Relationship between this Act and the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth)

   5A.     Declaration for Commonwealth Act

   PART 2 - LICENCES AND PERMITS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   6.      Requirement to be licensed under this Act or Liquor Act

           Division 1A - Applying for licence and other matters

   7.      Application for licence and other matters under this part
   8.      Conversion of wine merchant licence to wine producer licence

           Division 2 - Decision on application

   9.      Decision on application
   10.     Inquiries about applicant’s criminal history

           Division 3 - Grant of licence

   11.     Grant of licence
   12.     Licensee may hold more than 1 licence

           Division 4 - Nominees

   13.     Application for nominee for new licence or existing licence
   14.     Nominees

           Division 5 - Authority under licence

   15.     Authority under wine producer licence
   16.     Authority under wine merchant licence
   17.     Labelling of sealed container

           Division 6 - Trading hours authorised by licence

   18.     Ordinary trading hours
   19.     Extended trading hours
   20.     Additional time for consumption of wine

           Division 7 - Transfer of licences and interim licences

   21.     Application for transfer of licence
   22.     Chief executive’s responsibility on application for transfer of licence
   23.     Licence cannot be transferred if fees payable
   24.     Application for interim licence

           Division 8 - Advertising

   25.     Advertisement of applications
   26.     Submissions about an application

           Division 9 - Variation, suspension, cancellation or surrender of licence

   27.     Grounds for variation, suspension or cancellation
   28.     Procedure for variation, suspension or cancellation
   29.     Effect of suspension
   30.     Licensee may surrender
   31.     Compensation not payable
   31A.    (Repealed)

           Division 10 - Permits

   32.     Permits to promote particular wineries or regions
   32A.    Approval to notify chief executive of event
   32B.    Notification of event

           Division 11 - Review of decisions of the chief executive

   33.     Review of decisions of chief executive

   PART 3 - OBLIGATORY PROVISIONS AND OFFENCES

   34.     Breach of conditions of licence or permit
   35.     Wine not to be sold outside authorised trading hours
   36.     Wine prohibited to certain persons
   37.     Prohibitions affecting minors
   38.     False representation of age
   39.     Wrongful dealing with genuine evidence of age
   40.     Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
   41.     Finding out age
   42.     False or misleading statements
   43.     False, misleading or incomplete documents
   44.     Licensee not to be absent for more than 28 days without approval
   45.     Keeping licence or permit at licensed premises
   46.     Production of licence or permit
   47.     Business names and related matters
   48.     Notice of change of licensee details

   PART 4 - INVESTIGATIONS

   49.     Investigators under Liquor Act may exercise their powers

   PART 5 - RECORDS AND ANNUAL FEES

           Division 1 - Record keeping

   50.     Records to be kept by licensee
   51.     Licensee to provide annual return
   52.     False or misleading records or returns

           Division 2 - Annual fee

   53.     Payment of fee
   54.     Suspension and cancellation for failure to pay fee

   PART 6 - QUEENSLAND WINE INDUSTRY POLICY COUNCIL

   55.     Establishment and functions of council
   56.     Appointment of council members

   PART 7 - ADMINISTRATION

   57.     Delegation by chief executive
   58.     Register of licences and permits
   59.     Register open to inspection
   60.     Protection from liability
   61.     (Repealed)

   PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

   62.     Regulations

   PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1 - Transitional provisions for the Wine Industry Amendment Act 2001

   63.     Transitional provision for licences existing before Wine Industry Amendment Act 2001
   64.     Transitional provision for applications for licences not decided before commencement of Wine Industry Amendment Act 2001

           Division 2 - Transitional provision for the Wine Industry Amendment Act 2008

   65.     Advertising applications
           SCHEDULE 2