{"id":"C1972A00031","name":"Dairying Research Levy Act 1972","slug":"dairying-research-levy-act-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"31 of 1972","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2459,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1972A00031-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dairying Research Levy Act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\nDairying Research Levy\n\nNo. 31 of 1972\n\nAn Act to impose a Levy on certain Whole Milk, and certain Butter Fat, produced in Australia and sold by the Producer.\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\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Dairying Research Levy Act 1972.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\nParts.\n\n3. This Act is divided into Parts, as follows:—\n\nPart I.—Preliminary (Sections 1-5).\n\nPart II—Levy on Whole Milk (Sections 6-9).\n\nPart III—Levy on Butter Fat (Sections 10-12).\n\nPart IV—Regulations (Section 13).\n\nCollection Act to be read with this Act.\n\n4. The Dairying Research Levy Collection Act 1972 shall be read as one with this Act.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n5. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“milk” means the lacteal fluid product of the cow;\n\n“producer”, in relation to any whole milk, means the person who, at the time when the whole milk was produced, was the owner of the cow that produced it;\n\n\n\n\n“the Committee” means the Dairying Research Committee established by the Dairying Research Act 1972.\n\nPart II.—Levy on Whole Milk.\n\nImposition of levy.\n\n6. Subject to this Part, a levy is imposed on whole milk produced in Australia and sold by the producer.\n\nRate of levy.\n\n7.—(1.) The rate of the levy imposed by the last preceding section is such amount, not exceeding 0.04 cent, per gallon of whole milk as is prescribed.\n\n(2.) Before making regulations for the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the rate of the levy made to the Minister by the Committee, and regulations shall not be made prescribing a rate higher than the rate recommended, or last recommended, by the Committee to the Minister.\n\nBy whom levy payable.\n\n8. The producer of any whole milk is liable to pay the levy on that whole milk.\n\nExemptions.\n\n9.—(1.) The regulations may—\n\n(a) prescribe a period as the prescribed period, for the purposes of the next succeeding sub-section, with respect to a sale of whole milk by the producer of the whole milk that takes place after the end of the period; and\n\n(b) prescribe a number of gallons as the maximum quantity for the purposes of the next succeeding sub-section.\n\n(2.) Levy is not imposed on whole milk sold by the producer of the whole milk if—\n\n(a) the whole milk is intended by the purchaser of that whole milk to be used for human consumption; and\n\n(b) the total quantity of whole milk purchased, whether from the producer or another person, by the purchaser during the period that is the prescribed period with respect to the sale of the first-mentioned whole milk does not exceed the maximum quantity.\n\n(3.) Levy is not imposed on whole milk sold by the producer of the whole milk by retail.\n\nPart III.—Levy on Butter Fat.\n\nImposition of levy.\n\n10. Where—\n\n(a) butter fat is produced in Australia from whole milk produced in Australia;\n\n(b) the producer of the butter fat is also the producer of the whole milk; and\n\n(c) the butter fat is sold by the producer,\n\na levy is imposed on the butter fat so produced and sold.\n\n\n\n\nRate of levy.\n\n11.—(1.) The rate of the levy imposed by the last preceding section is such amount, not exceeding twelve cents, per hundredweight of butter fat as is prescribed.\n\n(2.) Before making regulations for the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the rate of the levy made to the Minister by the Committee, and regulations shall not be made prescribing a rate higher than the rate recommended, or last recommended, by the Committee to the Minister.\n\nBy whom levy payable.\n\n12. The producer of any butter fat is liable to pay the levy on that butter fat.\n\nPart IV.—Regulations.\n\nRegulations.\n\n13. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, this Act appears to have remained focused on its original narrow purpose: imposing a research levy on the dairying industry. There is no indication from the text provided that its scope expanded significantly beyond that founding intent. Commonwealth agricultural levy Acts of this vintage were typically left intact in their core charging function, with broader industry reforms handled through separate legislation such as the Dairy Produce Act or successor primary industry levy frameworks."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose Act with a narrow levy-imposition function","Likely contains minimal defined terms given its era and brevity","Early 1972 Commonwealth levy Acts of this type were typically straightforward formula-based charging instruments","No visible cross-referencing complexity or nested conditional logic apparent from the available text","Limited legislative machinery — a levy Act of this period typically defers administration to a companion Collection Act rather than containing complex provisions itself"],"plain_english_summary":"The Dairying Research Levy Act 1972 requires Australia’s dairy producers to pay a compulsory levy that finances research and development for the dairying sector. It compels industry contributions so pooled funds support improvements in farming practice, animal health and productivity. The levy underpins collective investment in science and innovation to help sustain the competitiveness and long‑term viability of Australian dairy businesses."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/dairying-research-levy-act-1972","history":"/api/acts/dairying-research-levy-act-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/dairying-research-levy-act-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/dairying-research-levy-act-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/dairying-research-levy-act-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/dairying-research-levy-act-1972/documents"}}