{"id":"C1968A00143","name":"Meat Legislation Repeal Act 1968","slug":"meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"143 of 1968","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":15501,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1968A00143-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meat Legislation Repeal Act 1968","content":"Meat Legislation Repeal\n\nNo. 143 of 1968\n\nAn Act to repeal certain Legislation relating to Meat, and for purposes connected therewith.\n\n\\[Assented to 9 December 1968\\]\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 Legislation Repeal Act 1968.\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 The following Acts are repealed:—Meat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1955;\n\nMeat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1956;\n\nMeat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1964;\n\nMeat Export (Additional Charge) Act 1956;\n\nMeat Export (Additional Charge) Act 1964.\n\nTransfer of Meat Export (Deficiency Payments) Fond to Australian Meat Board.\n\n4. The moneys and investments that, immediately before the commencement of this Act, constituted the Meat Export (Deficiency Payments) Fund maintained by the Australian Meat Board under the Meat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1955-1966 shall be deemed to be moneys and investments of the Board and may be applied and dealt with by the Board in like manner as any other moneys and investments of the Board.\n\nBank account in which moneys in the Fund are lodged to be deemed to be account maintained by Board.\n\n5. A bank account in which moneys in the Meat Export (Deficiency Payments) Fund were lodged in accordance with the Meat Agreement (Deficiency Payments) Act 1955-1966 immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be an account opened and maintained under section 33 of the Meat Industry Act 1964–1966.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1565},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act strictly adheres to its original purpose of repealing specified meat-related legislation and transferring associated funds to the Australian Meat Board, with no expansion into unrelated areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections with no sub-sections","No definitions or interpretation section","Simple repeal list without conditional provisos","Minimal cross-referencing (only to Meat Industry Act 1964-1966)","Straightforward administrative transfer without calculations or eligibility tests"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act removes obsolete 1950s–60s meat industry laws that governed subsidies and export charges, cleaning up the statute book. It transfers any remaining money in the Meat Export (Deficiency Payments) Fund to the Australian Meat Board and treats the fund’s bank account as a standard Board account under the Meat Industry Act.\n\nIt mainly affects the Australian Meat Board and ensures leftover public funds are properly managed by the industry body."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968","history":"/api/acts/meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968/history","analysis":"/api/acts/meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/meat-legislation-repeal-act-1968/documents"}}