{"id":"C1956A00080","name":"International Wheat Agreement Act 1956","slug":"international-wheat-agreement-act-1956","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"80 of 1956","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4865,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1956A00080-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"International Wheat Agreement Act 1956","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\nINTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT.\n\n \n\nNo. 80 of 1956.\n\nAn Act to approve Acceptance by Australia of the International Wheat Agreement, 1956, and for other purposes.\n\n[Assented to 7th November, 1956.]\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 1956.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nRepeal.\n\n3. The International Wheat Agreement Act 1953 is repealed.\n\nApproval of acceptance.\n\n4. Approval is given to acceptance by Australia of the International Wheat Agreement, 1956, signed on behalf of Australia at Washington in the United States of America on the seventeenth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, in accordance with Article XX. of that agreement.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1308},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains strictly limited to its original purpose of approving Australia's acceptance of the International Wheat Agreement 1956 and repealing the superseded 1953 Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with minimal text","No definitions section or technical terms requiring interpretation","No cross-references to other legislation (other than the repealed 1953 Act)","Single, unambiguous purpose with no conditional provisions, exceptions, or regulatory mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives Australia legal authority to join and be bound by the International Wheat Agreement of 1956, replacing the earlier 1953 approval. It enables the government to participate in coordinated export quotas and price arrangements for wheat.\n\nThat matters to wheat farmers, exporters and trade policymakers because it secures Australia’s access to agreed markets and supports international price and supply stability."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1956","history":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1956/history","analysis":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1956/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1956/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1956/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1956/documents"}}