{"id":"C2004A04749","name":"Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products Interim Levy Imposition (Customs) Act 1994","slug":"agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"73 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":38626,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04749-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products Interim Levy Imposition (Customs) Act 1994","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemical  \nProducts Interim Levy Imposition  \n(Customs) Act 1994\n\nNo. 73 of 1994\n\nAn Act to impose the levy payable under the Agricultural  \nand Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim  \nLevy) Act 1994, so far as that levy is a duty of customs\n\n\\[Assented to 21 June 1994\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products Interim Levy Imposition (Customs) Act 1994.\n\nCommencement\n\n2.(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the same day as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994.\n\n  \n\n(2) If the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994 is repealed by subsection 2(2) of that Act, this Act is repealed on the same day as that Act.\n\nImposition\n\n3.(1) The levy that is payable under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994 is imposed by this section.\n\n(2) This section imposes the levy only so far as the levy is a duty of customs within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.\n\nAct does not impose levy on property of a State\n\n4.(1) This Act does not impose a levy on property of any kind belonging to a State.\n\n(2) In this section, “property of any kind belonging to a State” has the same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n\\[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 12 May 1994\n\nSenate on 1 June 1994\\]","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1932},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original technical purpose of imposing the interim levy as a duty of customs to satisfy section 55 of the Constitution, with no expansion of scope beyond this constitutional compliance function."},"complexity_factors":["Dependence on external statute for substantive operation (the Collection Act)","Constitutional cross-references to sections 55 and 114 of the Constitution","Conditional repeal mechanism tied to companion legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act creates a temporary charge (**levy**) on agricultural and veterinary chemicals imported into Australia. It exists solely to satisfy a constitutional rule (Section 55 of the Constitution) that requires customs taxes to be imposed by separate legislation.\n\n**What it actually does:**\n- It partners with the *Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994*. This Act provides the legal authority to charge the levy as a **customs duty** (a tax on imports), while the Collection Act handles the administration—who pays, when, and how the money is collected.\n- It only applies to imported goods, not to chemicals made in Australia.\n- It protects state governments by exempting their property from the levy (under Section 114 of the Constitution).\n- It has a self-destruct clause: if the main Collection Act is repealed, this Act disappears automatically too."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994","history":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994/history","analysis":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-customs-act-1994/documents"}}