{"id":"C2004A04751","name":"Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products Interim Levy Imposition (Excise) Act 1994","slug":"agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"75 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":38637,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04751-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products Interim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 (Excise) Act 1994","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemical  \nProducts Interim Levy Imposition  \n(Excise) Act 1994\n\nNo. 75 of 1994\n\nAn Act to impose the levy payable under the Agricultural  \nand Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of  \nInterim Levy) Act 1994, so far as that levy is a duty of excise\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 (Excise) 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Act 1994.\n\n  \n\n(2) If the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim Levy) Act 1994 is repealed by subsection 2(2) of that Act, this Act is repealed on the same day as that Act.\n\nImposition\n\n3.(1) The levy that is payable under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Interim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 excise 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":1942},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original narrow purpose: imposing the interim levy solely as a duty of excise under section 55 of the Constitution, and exempting State property from the charge."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute (only 4 operative sections)","Dependent on companion legislation for all substantive details (rates, collection mechanisms, liability)","Single defined term referencing section 114 of the Constitution","Constitutional limitation requiring specific characterisation as 'duty of excise'"],"plain_english_summary":"This short Act gives the Commonwealth constitutional authority to impose a temporary levy on agricultural and veterinary chemical products by treating it as an excise duty. It validates and operates alongside the Collection Act (which sets rates and administration), ensures the levy is legally defensible, and exempts State governments from paying on property they own."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994","history":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994/history","analysis":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-interim-levy-imposition-excise-act-1994/documents"}}