{"id":"C1953A00050","name":"International Wheat Agreement Act 1953","slug":"international-wheat-agreement-act-1953","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"50 of 1953","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4525,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1953A00050-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"International Wheat Agreement Act 1953","content":"INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT.\n\nNo. 50 of 1953.\n\nAn Act to approve Acceptance by Australia of the Agreement Revising and Renewing the International Wheat Agreement.\n\n\\[Assented to 26th October, 1953.\\]\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\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the International Wheat Agreement Act 1953.\n\n  \n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\nRepeal.\n\n3. The International Wheat Agreement Act 1949 is repealed.\n\nApproval of acceptance.\n\n4. Approval is given to acceptance by Australia of the Agreement Revising and Renewing the International Wheat Agreement, signed on behalf of Australia at Washington in the United States of America on the twentieth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, in accordance with Article XX. of the first-mentioned agreement.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1252},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow purpose of approving Australia's acceptance of the 1953 International Wheat Agreement. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with minimal text","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, straightforward purpose (treaty approval)","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the 1949 Act and Article XX of the Agreement)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives the Australian Government legal authority to accept the 1953 International Wheat Agreement, replacing the earlier 1949 approval and allowing the government to bring the law into force by proclamation. \n\nIt affects the Commonwealth and the wheat export sector by enabling Australia to join an international framework intended to stabilise wheat trade, prices and post‑war food security."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1953","history":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1953/history","analysis":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1953/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1953/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1953/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1953/documents"}}