{"id":"C1924A00039","name":"Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924","slug":"dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"39 of 1924","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3095,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1924A00039-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924","content":"DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT CHARGES.\n\nNo. 39 of 1924.\n\nAn Act to impose Charges upon the Export of Dairy Produce.\n\n\\[Assented to 20th October, 1924.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Dairy Produce Export Charges Act 1924.\n\nDefinition.\n\n2. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“dairy produce” means butter and cheese.\n\nCharge on export of dairy produce.\n\n3.—(1.) A charge is imposed and shall be levied and paid on all dairy produce exported from the Commonwealth after a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\n(2.) Subject to a lower rate being prescribed by the regulations—\n\n(a) the rate of the charge in respect of butter shall be one-eighth of a penny for each pound of butter exported; and\n\n(b) the rate of the charge in respect of cheese shall be one-sixteenth of a penny for each pound of cheese exported.\n\n  \n\n(3.) All moneys payable under this section in respect of any dairy produce shall be paid to the Collector of Customs on or before the entry of that dairy produce for export.\n\nRegulations.\n\n4. The Governor-General may, after report to the Minister by the Dairy Produce Control Board constituted under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1924, make regulations prescribing lower rates of the charges imposed on butter and cheese exported from the Commonwealth.\n\nDuration of Act.\n\n5. This Act shall continue in force until a date which the Governor-General may fix by Proclamation.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1616},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original narrow purpose of imposing specific export charges on butter and cheese, with no expansion into broader regulatory territory."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections total","Single defined term ('dairy produce' narrowly limited to butter and cheese)","Simple two-tier rate structure with one conditional alternative (lower rates via regulations)","Single external cross-reference to the Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1924","Basic delegated legislative power limited to prescribing lower rates only"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:** This Act puts a small export charge (like a tax) on **butter and cheese** leaving Australia.\n\n**Who it affects:** Dairy exporters shipping these products overseas.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Exporters must pay the charge to the **Collector of Customs** (the government department handling exports) before the goods are shipped\n- The standard rate is tiny: **one-eighth of a penny per pound of butter**, and **one-sixteenth of a penny per pound of cheese**\n- The **Governor-General** can make **regulations** (official subordinate rules) to set lower rates, but only after getting a report from the **Dairy Produce Control Board** (a body set up under a related Act)\n- The Act can be ended at any time when the Governor-General issues a **Proclamation** (a formal public announcement cancelling the law)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924","history":"/api/acts/dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924/history","analysis":"/api/acts/dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/dairy-produce-export-charges-act-1924/documents"}}