Notifying Member

New Zealand

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006 No 60

Subject matter

Geographical indications

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]     Other law or regulation

Link to legal text^[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2021/IP/NZL/21_2186_00_e.pdf

Notification status

[X]     First notification

[  ]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

Not applicable

Brief description of the notified legal text

The purposes of this Act are to -

(a)    contribute to the development and continual growth of, and innovation in, the wine and spirits industries in New Zealand by providing a suitable legal framework for the registration of geographical indications; and

(b)   provide a sound trading and marketing environment that facilitates, rather than creates         barriers to, the trade in wine and spirits; and

(c)   protect the interests of consumers of wine and spirits in New Zealand by providing assurance         that a wine or spirit using a registered geographical indication originates in the territory,         region, or locality to which the registered geographical indication relates; and

(d)   facilitate the purposes set out in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) in a manner consistent with New         Zealand's rights and obligations under the TRIPS Agreement.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English

Entry into force

21 November 2006; Commencement

(1)   This Act comes into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-        General by Order in Council.

(2)   One or more Orders in Council may be made appointing different dates       for the commencement of different provisions.

(3)   Any provision of this Act that is not already in force on 1 July 2018         comes into force on that date.

Section 2(3): the remainder of this Act brought into force, on 27 July 2017, by clause 2 of the Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act Commencement Order 2017 (LI 2017/145).

Section 2(1): section 62 brought into force, on 14 April 2008, by clause 2 of the Geographical Indications Act 1994 Repeal Order 2008 (SR 2008/64).

Section 2(3): inserted, on 26 November 2016, by section 4 of the Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 91).

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

24 March 2021

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Ministry for Business, Employment and Innovation