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Small winemaker exemption notification form (WA3)
This form is for winemakers who meet the criteria under Regulation 19 of the Wine Regulations 2021, which exempts winemakers from the requirement to register a WSMP if they produce less than 20,000 litres of wine over a 2-year period and do not export any wine.
About this form
A small winemaker can seek an exemption from the requirements to register a Wine Standards Management Plan (WSMP) under Regulation 19 of the Wine Regulations 2021 by notifying the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
What is a wine standard management plan?
Wine businesses exempt from registering a wine standards management plan
Use this form to notify your small winemaker exemption to MPI for the first time, make changes, or cancel your exemption.
The cost for a new notification or a renewal is $155.25 including GST. You can pay by credit or debit card or by direct credit. A tax receipt is available on request.
A month before your exemption ends, you will get an email with instructions on how to renew.
Note: Once you have an exemption, any wine made at your premises will not be eligible for export.
The exemption is from registering a WSMP only. You still need to follow requirements under the Wine Act 2003. The best way to comply with these standards is to follow all relevant components of the WSMP code of practice.
To ensure compliance to exemptions, MPI does random audits of exempt winemakers.
If you no longer meet the criteria for the exemption, you must register a WSMP with MPI in accordance with section 16 of the Wine Act 2003.
After you submit your application
Processing time is up to 20 working days from the time we determine that your application is complete. When your application has been approved by MPI, your business details will be published on the MPI list of exempted winemakers, to aid in the identification of those that meet the exemption criteria.
About the information we collect and your rights
Pursuant to Principle 3 of the Privacy Act 2020, we advise that:
- this information is being collected for the purpose of notification of eligibility for exemption from the requirement of registering a wine standards management plan under the Wine Act 2003; and
- the recipient of this information, which is the agency that will collect and hold the information, is the Ministry for Primary Industries, PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140; and
- some of the information collected will be displayed on a public register; and
- the collection of information is authorised under regulation 19 of the Wine Regulations 2021.
- the provision of this information is necessary to obtain a regulation 19 exemption; and
- the supply of this information is voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information is likely to result in the return of this application form to the applicant; and
- under Principles 6 and 7 of the Privacy Act 2020, you have the right of access to, and correction of, any personal information that you have provided.
All information provided to the Ministry for Primary Industries is official information and may be subject to a request made under the Official Information Act 1982.
If a request is made under that Act for information you have provided in this application, the Ministry for Primary Industries will consider any such request, taking into account its obligations under the Official Information Act 1982 and any other applicable legislation.