{"id":"C2004A02524","name":"Apple and Pear Export Charge Amendment Act 1981","slug":"apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"147 of 1981","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7055,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02524-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Apple and Pear Export Charge Amendment Act 1981","content":"![1.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nApple and Pear Export Charge Amendment Act 1981\n\nNo. 147 of 1981\n\nAn Act to amend the Apple and Pear Export Charge Act 1976\n\n\\[Assented to 21 October 1981\\]\n\n\\[Date of commencement 18 November 1981\\]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\nShort title, &c.\n\n1\\. (1) This Act may be cited as the Apple and Pear Export Charge Amendment Act 1981.\n\n(2) The Apple and Pear Export Charge Act 19761 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2\\. (1) Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:\n\n“(2) In the application of this Act to fruit that is not packed in boxes the reference in sub-section 7 (2) to a box of fruit shall be read as a reference to 18 kilograms of fruit or, if the fruit is of a variety in respect of which another weight is specified in the regulations for the purposes of this sub-section, that other weight of fruit.”.  \n\n(2) The amendment made by sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to fruit exported in a month commencing before 1 January 1982.\n\nRate of charge\n\n3\\. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “6 cents” and substituting “12 cents”.\n\nRegulations\n\n4\\. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “or permitted by this Act to be prescribed” after “required”.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. No. 197, 1976.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2252},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendments remain within the original scope of regulating export charges on apples and pears, consisting solely of a rate increase, technical clarification for calculating charges on unpacked fruit, and a minor procedural expansion of regulation-making powers."},"complexity_factors":["Amendment-by-reference structure requiring cross-reading with the Principal Act","Single conditional application clause (date-based grandfathering to 1 January 1982)","Technical weight-to-container equivalency conversion (18kg = 1 box)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act raises the export charge on Australian apples and pears (6¢ to 12¢ per box) and changes how bulk/unpacked shipments are charged by treating 18 kg of loose fruit as one \"box\" (with regulations allowed to set different weights). It also broadens the Minister’s regulation-making power for administration.\n\nThe changes primarily affect apple and pear exporters, especially those sending unpackaged or bulk fruit; the 18 kg rule excludes exports before 1 January 1982."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981","history":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981/history","analysis":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-export-charge-amendment-act-1981/documents"}}