IP/N/1/NZL/9  
IP/N/1/NZL/G/3  
 
25 March 2021  
(21-2448)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
NEW ZEALAND : GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (WINE AND SPIRITS)  
REGISTRATION ACT 2006 NO 60  
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 localit y 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  IP/N/1/NZL/9 • IP/N/1/NZL/G/3  
 
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  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  
 
 
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