{"id":"C1914A00001","name":"Meat Export Trade Commission Act 1914","slug":"meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"1 of 1914","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":12694,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1914A00001-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meat Export Trade Commission Act 1914","content":"MEAT EXPORT TRADE COMMISSION.\n\nNo. 1 of 1914.\n\nAn Act to facilitate the proceedings of the Commissioner appointed to hold an Inquiry respecting the operations of any person, combination, or trust tending to create any restraint of trade or monopoly in connexion with the export of meat from Australia.\n\n\\[Assented to 15th June, 1914.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nWHEREAS a commission has been issued by the Governor-General, by Letters Patent in the name of the King, whereby the Honorable Philip Whistler Street, a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has been authorized and directed to inquire into and report as to the operations of any person, combination, or trust tending to create any restraint of trade or monopoly in connexion with the export of meat from Australia:\n\nAnd whereas doubts have arisen as to the powers of the commission to compel answers to questions and order the production of documents:\n\nBe it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n    This Act may be cited as the Meat Export Trade Commission Act 1914.\n\nPowers &c. of commission.\n\n2. The Commissioner appointed by the Governor-General, by Letters Patent in the name of the King, to inquire into and report as to the operations of any person, combination, or trust tending to create any restraint of trade or monopoly in connexion with the export of meat from Australia, shall have all the powers rights and privileges which are contained in the Royal Commissions Act 1902–1912, and that Act shall have effect in relation to the said commission as if it were herein re-enacted and in terms made applicable to the said commission.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2210},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: conferring Royal Commission powers on the specific 1914 meat export inquiry. It has not expanded beyond facilitating this single investigation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 sections total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single cross-reference to existing legislation without modification","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This short law grants a Royal Commission probing alleged monopolies in Australia's meat export industry the full investigatory powers of the Royal Commissions Act, so the commissioner can compel testimony, require documents, and enforce compliance. \n\nIt directly affects businesses and individuals in the meat export trade called to give evidence and matters because it clarifies and strengthens the inquiry’s authority to conduct a thorough investigation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914","history":"/api/acts/meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914/history","analysis":"/api/acts/meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/meat-export-trade-commission-act-1914/documents"}}