Denomination of Origin and of Geographic Indications

L.N. 183 of 2010

WINE ACT

(CAP. 436)

Denomination of Origin and of Geographic Indications

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 12, 13, 14 and

27 of the Wine Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Denomination of

Origin and of Geographic Indications (Amendment) Regulations,

2010 and they shall be read and construed as one with the

Denomination of Origin and of Geographic Indication Regulations,

2006, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Regulation 6 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) sub-regulation (5) thereof shall be renumbered as

sub-regulation (6); and

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (4) there shall be

added the following new sub-regulations:-

“(5) (a) No container or bottle enclosing DOK

or IGT wine shall be released from any warehouse or

winery or put up for sale unless such container or bottle

has affixed a band or stamp which shall act as a seal in a

manner indicated by the Viticulture and Oenology Unit.

(b) Any such band, stamp or seal shall be of

the type approved by the Viticulture and Oenology Unit

and shall be supplied by the same Unit or at any other

place to be appointed by the Minister responsible for

agriculture by notice in the Gazette.

(c) The band, stamp or seal shall display

a security print together with a serial number and the

volume of the container or bottle on it.

(d) Such band, stamp or seal shall be issued

and released for use by the Viticulture and Oenology

Unit at a charge after the same Unit is satisfied that it has

passed all wine sampling requirements and has attained

wine certification as either DOK or IGT in terms of these

regulations.

(e) Any person found in possession of

any quantity of wine products in contravention of the

provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an

offence under the Act.”.

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