{"id":"C1972A00034","name":"Butter Fat Levy Act 1972","slug":"butter-fat-levy-act-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"34 of 1972","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2461,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1972A00034-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Butter Fat Levy Act 1972","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nButter Fat Levy\n\nNo. 34 of 1972\n\nAn Act to amend the Butter Fat Levy Act 1965-1966.\n\n[Assented to 26 May 1972]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Butter Fat Levy Act 1972.\n\n(2.) The Butter Fat Levy Act 1965-1966 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\n(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Butter Fat Levy Act 1965-1972.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\nAmount of levy.\n\n3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—\n\n(a) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.); and\n\n(b) by omitting sub-section (2.).\n\nRegulations.\n\n4. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the Act appears to have remained true to its original and singular purpose: imposing a levy on butter fat. Primary industry levy acts of this era were typically not substantially expanded in scope — amendments, if any, would generally have been limited to adjusting levy rates or administrative mechanics rather than broadening the subject matter. There is no indication that this Act grew beyond its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose legislation focused solely on imposing a levy — minimal conditional logic","Typical of short 1970s primary industry levy acts, likely only a handful of sections","Few or no defined terms beyond 'butter fat' and basic levy mechanics","Little to no cross-referencing to other Acts visible from the available text","No nested exceptions or complex eligibility criteria apparent","Straightforward subject matter — a flat or formula-based charge on a single commodity"],"plain_english_summary":"The Butter Fat Levy Act 1972 requires a compulsory charge on butter fat produced or first sold in Australia, making dairy producers liable to pay a levy at point of production or first sale. The funds were intended to support industry programs (marketing, research, price stabilisation), so the Act effectively imposed a direct cost on producers to finance collective dairy-sector measures and sat within broader primary‑industry levy arrangements of that era."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1745},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment remains strictly within the original scope of the Butter Fat Levy Act, merely removing specific operational provisions (calculation methods and regulatory details) rather than expanding the Act's purpose or introducing new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (only 4 sections)","Consists entirely of deletions with no new substantive law","No defined terms, formulas, or interpretive provisions","No conditional logic or cross-references beyond basic citation"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does**\n\nThis is a housekeeping amendment that cleans up the **Butter Fat Levy Act 1965-1966** by removing outdated rules about how the levy is calculated.\n\n**Key changes**\n\n* **Simplifies levy calculations**: Removes paragraph (a) from section 6(1) and deletes all of section 6(2). These provisions previously specified particular methods or rates for calculating how much levy (a type of tax) butter fat producers had to pay.\n* **Updates regulation-making powers**: Removes section 10(3), which governed specific regulatory details.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\nDairy farmers, butter manufacturers, and other entities liable to pay the butter fat levy. The practical effect is that the levy will now be calculated using the remaining provisions in the Act, rather than the deleted methods.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis streamlines the legislation by eliminating superseded technical provisions, making the levy system simpler to administer without changing the overall purpose of the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-1972","history":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-1972/documents"}}