Agricultural Industry Services Regulation 2024

This regulation is the Agricultural Industry Services Regulation 2024.

This regulation commences on 1 September 2024.

Note—

This regulation replaces the Agricultural Industry Services Regulation 2015, which is repealed on 1 September 2024 by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, section 10(2).

In this regulation—

appropriate officer, for Part 3—see section 15.

approved form, for Part 3—see section 15.

close of enrolments, for Part 3—see section 15.

close of exhibition of the preliminary roll, for Part 3—see section 15.

close of nominations, for Part 3—see section 15.

close of the ballot, for Part 3—see section 15.

close of the poll, for Part 3—see section 15.

Committee, for Part 2—see section 4.

election, for Part 3—see section 15.

final roll, for Part 3—see section 15.

grower, for Part 2—see section 4.

inner envelope, for Part 3—see section 15.

MIA wine grapes, for Part 2—see section 4.

nominee, for Part 3—see section 15.

official mark, for Part 3—see section 15.

outer envelope, for Part 3—see section 15.

poll, for Part 3—see section 15.

preliminary roll, for Part 3—see section 15.

returning officer, for Part 3—see section 15.

the Act means the Agricultural Industry Services Act 1998.

winery, for Part 2—see section 4.

Note—

The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this regulation.

In this part—

Committee—see section 5.

grower means a grower belonging to the class of primary producers specified in section 7.

MIA wine grapes means a variety of grapes grown within the Committee’s area of operations for processing into wine, must, juice or wine spirit.

winery means a processor that processes MIA wine grapes within the Committee’s area of operations.

There is established an agricultural industry services committee with the corporate name of Riverina Winegrape Growers (the Committee).

The Committee is a continuation of the committee constituted under the Agricultural Industry Services (Wine Grapes Marketing Board) Regulation 2003 and continued under the Agricultural Industry Services Regulation 2015.

For the Act, this part is the foundation regulation for the Committee.

The area of operations for which the Committee is constituted is comprised of the local government areas of Carrathool, City of Griffith, Leeton and Murrumbidgee.

For a calendar year, the class of primary producers for which the Committee is constituted is all growers within the Committee’s area of operations who, during the previous calendar year, harvested more than 20t of MIA wine grapes.

This section does not apply to the following—

a grower that is also a winery,

a grower that is a corporation in which a winery has a controlling interest,

a grower who—

is an individual, and

is a director of a corporation that is a winery, and

supplies the winery with all of the MIA wine grapes the grower harvests.

The commodity for which the Committee is constituted is MIA wine grapes.

The agricultural industry services for which the Committee is constituted are as follows—

the development of a code of conduct for contract negotiations between growers and wineries,

the development of draft contract provisions for the sale of MIA wine grapes to wineries, including provisions about the prices to be paid by wineries and the terms and conditions of payment,

the promotion of private contracts for the sale of MIA wine grapes to wineries by growers,

the collection and dissemination of market and industry information, including the production and publication of indicator prices for MIA wine grapes grown in the Committee’s area of operations,

the conduct of research and development into plant health in relation to wine grapes,

the provision of education and training in relation to wine grape production and marketing,

the promotion, in association with organisations representing wineries, of wine made from MIA wine grapes,

the promotion of regional industry, including regional wine-making, within the Committee’s area of operations,

the representation of the wine grape industry in relation to the matters referred to in paragraphs (a)–(h).

The Committee must consist of 7 members comprising—

5 persons elected by the Committee’s constituents, and

2 persons appointed by the elected members.

If an insufficient number of persons are nominated for election to the Committee, the elected members must appoint the additional members.

Each of the Committee’s constituents is entitled to 1 vote in a poll or election.

The quorum for a meeting of the Committee is 4 of the Committee’s members.