{"id":"C1965A00129","name":"Butter Fat Levy Act (No. 2) 1965","slug":"butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"129 of 1965","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5319,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1965A00129-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Butter Fat Levy Act (No. 2) 1965","content":"Butter Fat Levy (No. 2)\n\nNo. 129 of 1965\n\nAn Act to amend the Butter Fat Levy Act 1965 in relation to Decimal Currency.\n\n\\[Assented to 18 December, 1965\\]\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 (No. 2) 1965.\n\n(2.) The Butter Fat Levy Act 1965, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Butter Fat Levy Acts 1965.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.\n\nAmount of levy.\n\n3. Section 6 of the Butter Fat Levy Act 1965 is amended—\n\n(a) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the figures and word “14.5 pence” and inserting in their stead the words “Twelve cents”; and\n\n(b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the figures and word “28.75 pence” and inserting in their stead the words “Twenty-four cents”.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1565},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly its stated purpose: converting existing levy amounts from pre-decimal to decimal currency. No expansion of substantive scope, obligations or coverage beyond the technical currency amendment."},"complexity_factors":["Only three operative sections","Two simple textual substitutions of monetary amounts","No defined terms, exceptions or conditional logic","Single-purpose technical amendment with no cross-referencing complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**Purpose:** Updates butter fat levy amounts from pre-decimal currency (pence) to decimal currency (cents) to ensure continuity when Australia converted to dollars and cents in 1966.\n\n**Key changes:**\n- Replaces **14.5 pence** with **Twelve cents** in subsection 6(2)\n- Replaces **28.75 pence** with **Twenty-four cents** in subsection 6(3)\n\n**Who it affects:**\nDairy producers, manufacturers and other entities required to pay levies on butter fat under the principal 1965 Act.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nPrevents legal uncertainty by ensuring the levy remained enforceable with precise amounts expressed in the new decimal currency system rather than the old pounds, shillings and pence."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965","history":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965/history","analysis":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/butter-fat-levy-act-no-2-1965/documents"}}