Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The objectives of this Act are—
(a) to enable the efficiency of the Queensland wine industry to be developed further; and
(b) to foster further investment in, and growth of, the Queensland wine industry; and
(c) to help the Queensland wine industry to develop further its tourism potential; and
(d) to establish a system under which the integrity of the Queensland wine industry is ensured; and
(e) to regulate the Queensland wine industry in a way that is compatible with minimising harm arising from the misuse of liquor and the aims of the National Health Policy on Alcohol adopted by the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy and published by the Commonwealth.
Editor's note—
The policy is available from the department.
(2) The objectives are to be achieved mainly by licensing, under this Act, persons so that they can sell wine.
(3) A person who is licensed under this Act need not be licensed under the Liquor Act 1992 before the person can lawfully sell wine.
(4) The objectives of the Act are also to be achieved by allowing the Minister to establish the Wine Industry Policy Council as a representative body to advise the Minister.