{"id":"C1959A00069","name":"International Wheat Agreement Act 1959","slug":"international-wheat-agreement-act-1959","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"69 of 1959","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28749,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1959A00069-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"International Wheat Agreement Act 1959","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. 69 of 1959.\n\nAn Act to approve Acceptance by Australia of the International Wheat Agreement, 1959, and for other purposes.\n\n[Assented to 20th November, 1959.]\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 1959.\n\n\n\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 The International Wheat Agreement Act 1956 is repealed.\n\nApproval of acceptance.\n\n4. Approval is given to acceptance by Australia of the International Wheat Agreement, 1959, signed on behalf of Australia at Washington in the United States of America on the twenty-fourth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, in accordance with Article 35 of that agreement.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1561},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of approving Australia's accession to the 1959 International Wheat Agreement and repealing the 1956 Act. No scope creep detected."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation section","Single operational provision (section 4)","No conditional language, exceptions, or cross-references to other Australian legislation","Straightforward repeal of a single predecessor Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives formal **approval for Australia to join the International Wheat Agreement of 1959**, an international treaty signed in Washington on 24 April 1959.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Approves the treaty**: Allows Australia to formally accept the 1959 Agreement under international law (specifically Article 35 of that Agreement).\n*   **Updates the law**: Repeals (cancels) the previous *International Wheat Agreement Act 1956*, replacing it with this new approval for the updated 1959 Agreement.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nThis primarily affects the Australian Government's trade negotiators and wheat exporters. By passing this law, Parliament authorises Australia to participate in international wheat trade arrangements under the 1959 treaty, which likely set prices, quotas, or trade rules for wheat between member countries.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIt ensures Australia can legally participate in international wheat markets under the new 1959 rules rather than the outdated 1956 agreement."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1959","history":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1959/history","analysis":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1959/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1959/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1959/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/international-wheat-agreement-act-1959/documents"}}