{"id":"C1973L00235","name":"Meat Export Charge Regulations","slug":"c1973l00235","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"235 of 1973","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380864,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1973L00235-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meat Export Charge Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1973 No. 235\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE MEAT EXPORT CHARGE ACT 1973.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Meat Export Charge Act 1973.\n\nDated this twenty-seventh day of November, 1973.\n\nPAUL HASLUCK\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. L. CAVANAGH\n\nMinister of State for Aboriginal Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Primary Industry.\n\nMEAT EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Meat Export Charge Regulations.\n\nDefinition.\n\n2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Meat Export Charge Act 1973.\n\nMeat exempt from charge under section 5 of the Act.\n\n3\\. Each of the following classes of meat is declared, for the purposes of paragraph 5 (b) of the Act, to be a class of meat that is exempt from charge:—\n\n(a) the class of meat referred to in paragraph 7 (b) of the Exports (Meat) Regulations;\n\n(b) the class of meat referred to in regulation 9 of those regulations.\n\n\\* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 27 November 1973.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":733},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations perform exactly as intended: they specify exemptions from the meat export charge by referencing categories defined in related export regulations. There has been no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of implementing section 5 of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short regulations total","Single defined term ('the Act')","No conditional logic or exceptions","Simple cross-reference to another legislative instrument rather than substantive content","No administrative procedures or compliance requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:**\nThese regulations exempt specific categories of meat from the meat export charge (a fee that would normally apply when exporting meat from Australia).\n\n**Who it affects:**\nMeat exporters who deal with the specific types of meat listed in the *Exports (Meat) Regulations*.\n\n**How it works:**\nInstead of listing the meat types directly, the regulations point to two specific provisions in another set of rules (the *Exports (Meat) Regulations*):\n*   **Paragraph 7(b)** – covering certain classes of meat\n*   **Regulation 9** – covering another specified class of meat\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIt saves exporters of these particular meat types from having to pay the export charge, effectively creating a carve-out for specific products (likely certain cuts, processed meats, or by-products as defined in the other regulations)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1973l00235","history":"/api/acts/c1973l00235/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1973l00235/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1973l00235/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1973l00235/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1973l00235/documents"}}