{"id":"C2004L00191","name":"Honey Export Charge (Rate of Charge) Regulations","slug":"honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"244 of 1978","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":25332,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L00191-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Honey Export Charge (Rate of Charge) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1978 No. 244\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE HONEY EXPORT CHARGE ACT 1973\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and having taken into consideration the recommendations made to the Minister by the Australian Honey Board with respect to the rate of charge to be prescribed for the purposes of section 7 of the Honey Export Charge Act 1973, hereby make the following Regulations under the Honey Export Charge Act 1973.\n\nDated this twenty-third day of November 1978.\n\nZELMAN COWEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nIAN SINCLAIR\n\nMinister of State for Primary Industry\n\n————\n\nHONEY EXPORT CHARGE (RATE OF CHARGE) REGULATIONS\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Honey Export Charge (Rate of Charge) Regulations.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 December 1978.\n\nRate of levy\n\n3. For the purposes of section 7 of the Honey Export Charge Act 1973, the rate of levy is 0.5 of a cent per kilogram of honey.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1978.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1655},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation performs exactly the narrow function specified in its title and enabling Act: prescribing a specific monetary rate for the honey export charge. There is no expansion beyond the original purpose of setting the levy amount."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation provisions","Single mathematical calculation (0.5 cents × kilograms)","No cross-references except to the empowering Act section","No exemptions, exceptions, or conditional triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** Sets a fixed levy (a type of tax) on honey that is exported from Australia.\n\n**The charge:** Exporters must pay **0.5 cents for every kilogram** of honey they send overseas.\n\n**Who it affects:** Honey exporters — anyone shipping Australian honey to international markets.\n\n**Why it matters:** The money collected funds industry activities like marketing, research, and administration (historically managed by the Australian Honey Board). This is a standard way agricultural industries pool resources to promote their products globally."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations","history":"/api/acts/honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/honey-export-charge-rate-of-charge-regulations/documents"}}