{"id":"C1933A00039","name":"Fruit Growers' Relief Act 1933","slug":"fruit-growers-relief-act-1933","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"39 of 1933","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":13641,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1933A00039-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fruit Growers' Relief Act 1933","content":"FRUIT GROWERS’ RELIEF.\n\nNo. 39 of 1933.\n\nAn Act to provide for Financial Assistance to the States in the provision of Relief to Fruit Growers.\n\n\\[Assented to 12th December, 1933.\\]\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 Fruit Growers’ Relief Act 1933.\n\nDefinition.\n\n2. In this Act unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“Fruit growers” means growers of apples or pears.\n\nPayments to States.\n\n3. Subject to this Act, there shall be granted to each State out of moneys appropriated by the Parliament for the purpose, by way of financial assistance to that State, the amount specified in this section opposite the name of that State, namely:—\n\n|                                       | £      |\n| ------------------------------------- | ------ |\n| New South Wales....................   | 8,225  |\n| Victoria...........................   | 36,321 |\n| Queensland........................    | 478    |\n| South Australia...................... | 5,258  |\n| Western Australia.................... | 10,918 |\n| Tasmania..........................    | 63,800 |\n\nApplication of moneys paid to States.\n\n4. Any money granted to a State under this Act shall be so granted upon condition that it is applied by the State for the benefit and assistance of necessitous fruit growers who satisfy an authority nominated in that behalf by the State that they have suffered losses in the export from Australia of apples or pears grown by them during the 1932-1933 season.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":835},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This remains a targeted, one-off appropriation for 1932-1933 season relief exactly as described in the title and preamble. The scope has not expanded beyond providing financial assistance to States for distribution to needy apple and pear growers."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections total","Single defined term ('fruit growers')","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple appropriation with fixed pound amounts","Only one condition for use of funds (benefit to necessitous growers with export losses)","No subsections, schedules, or regulatory provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1933 law provided emergency financial relief to apple and pear growers who lost money exporting their fruit during the Great Depression.\n\n**What it does**\n- The Commonwealth Government gave fixed cash grants to each State (ranging from £478 in Queensland to £63,800 in Tasmania)\n- States had to pass this money on to \"necessitous\" (needy) fruit growers who could prove they suffered losses exporting apples or pears during the 1932-1933 season\n\n**Who it affected**\n- Specifically apple and pear growers who exported fruit in 1932-1933 and lost money\n- The narrow definition of \"fruit growers\" in this Act only includes these two types of growers\n\n**Why it mattered**\n- This was Depression-era relief to help struggling farmers who had been hit by collapsed export markets\n- The different amounts per State reflect where apple and pear growing was concentrated (Tasmania and Victoria received the largest shares)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fruit-growers-relief-act-1933","history":"/api/acts/fruit-growers-relief-act-1933/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fruit-growers-relief-act-1933/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fruit-growers-relief-act-1933/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fruit-growers-relief-act-1933/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fruit-growers-relief-act-1933/documents"}}