{"id":"F1997B02190","name":"States Grants (Petroleum Products) Regulations","slug":"f1997b02190","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"309 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":321335,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1997B02190-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Petroleum Products) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1985 No. 3091\n\nStates Grants (Petroleum Products)\n\nRegulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965.\n\nDated 15 November 1985.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJohn N. Button\n\nMinister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Stales Grants (Petroleum Products) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, “the Act” means the States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965.\n\nSection 5 of the Act—prescribed quantity\n\n3. (1) For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the quantity of 238,500 litres is prescribed.\n\n(2) Sub-regulation (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1984.\n\nRepeal of States Grants (Petroleum Products) Regulations\n\n4. Statutory Rules 1966 No. 7 are repealed.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 November 1985.\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer\n\n(S.R. 321/85) Cat. No. 12/23.10.1985","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1460},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations exercise the specific power under the States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965 to prescribe quantities. No expansion beyond the original statutory scope; purely technical update of the prescribed threshold and repeal of superseded regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total with minimal substantive content","Single defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation provision","One substantive prescription (regulation 3) incorporating both the quantity and a retrospective operation mechanism","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set a specific volume threshold for petroleum products under federal grants legislation.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Sets a numeric threshold**: Prescribes **238,500 litres** as the quantity for section 5 of the parent Act (likely determining eligibility or calculations for federal grants to states regarding petroleum products).\n- **Applies retrospectively**: The 238,500-litre threshold is backdated to take effect from **1 January 1984**, even though made in November 1985.\n- **Updates the rulebook**: Repeals the old 1966 regulations, replacing them with this updated version.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nState governments receiving Commonwealth grants for petroleum products, and potentially petroleum suppliers or distributors whose volumes determine grant calculations.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is technical \"machinery\" legislation. It places a specific number in regulations rather than in the Act itself, allowing the government to adjust the threshold without passing new legislation through Parliament each time."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f1997b02190","history":"/api/acts/f1997b02190/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f1997b02190/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f1997b02190/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f1997b02190/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f1997b02190/documents"}}