{"id":"C1955A00051","name":"Meat Export Control Act 1955","slug":"meat-export-control-act-1955","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"51 of 1955","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4656,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1955A00051-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meat Export Control Act 1955","content":"MEAT EXPORT CONTROL.\n\nNo. 51 of 1955.\n\nAn Act relating to the Australian Meat Board.\n\n\\[Assented to 3rd November, 1955.\\]\n\n\\[Date of commencement, 1st December, 1955.\\]\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 Meat Export Control Act 1955.\n\nDuration of Act.\n\n2. This Act shall continue in force until the sixth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.\n\nMeat Export Control Act to be read as one with this Act.\n\n3. The Meat Export Control Act 1935-1953 shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.\n\nCertain members of Board to cease to hold office upon reconstitution of Board.\n\n4. If, at a time while this Act is in force, an Act comes into force which amends section five of the Meat Export Control Act 1935-1953 for the purpose of reconstituting the membership of the Australian Meat Board, the members of the Board (other than the Chairman) holding office immediately before the commencement of the amending Act shall, upon the commencement of that Act, cease to hold office.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1787},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its intended temporary scope—extending the 1935 Act for a limited three-year period while adding a specific transitional provision for board membership. It does not expand beyond its stated purpose of relating to the Australian Meat Board."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections","Single cross-reference to the Meat Export Control Act 1935-1953","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple conditional trigger (commencement of future amending Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act temporarily extends Australia’s meat export control regime by incorporating the Meat Export Control Act 1935 and keeping it in force until 6 November 1958. \n\nIt affects the Australian Meat Board and exporters, and includes an automatic removal of all Board members (except the Chair) if the government reconstitutes the Board while the Act operates, allowing a clean transition during restructuring."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/meat-export-control-act-1955","history":"/api/acts/meat-export-control-act-1955/history","analysis":"/api/acts/meat-export-control-act-1955/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/meat-export-control-act-1955/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/meat-export-control-act-1955/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/meat-export-control-act-1955/documents"}}