{"id":"C1945A00001","name":"Motor Vehicles Manufacture Legislation Repeal Act 1945","slug":"motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"1 of 1945","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":14295,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1945A00001-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Motor Vehicles Manufacture Legislation Repeal Act 1945","content":"MOTOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURE LEGISLATION REPEAL.\n\nNo. 1 of 1945.\n\nAn Act to repeal the Motor Vehicle Engine Bounty Act 1939 and Motor Vehicles Agreement Act 1940, and for other purposes.\n\n\\[Assented to 14th May, 1945.\\]\n\nBE it 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\n1. This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles Manufacture Legislation Repeal Act 1945.\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 The Motor Vehicle Engine Bounty Act 1939 and the Motor Vehicles Agreement Act 1940 are repealed.\n\nPreservation of rights of Australian Consolidated Industries Limited.\n\n4. Any right or claim which Australian Consolidated Industries Limited may have against the Commonwealth shall not be affected by the repeal effected by the last preceding section, and any such right or claim may be enforced by action or otherwise as if this Act had not been passed.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1136},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act precisely matches its stated purpose in the long title: repealing the two specified Acts and preserving the rights of Australian Consolidated Industries Limited. No expansion of scope detected."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections total with no subsections","No interpretation section or defined terms","Straightforward repeal of two named Acts without transitional machinery","Single savings provision protecting one specific company's rights","No conditional logic or nested exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act formally scraps two older laws: the *Motor Vehicle Engine Bounty Act 1939* (which paid subsidies for locally made engines) and the *Motor Vehicles Agreement Act 1940*.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Removes obsolete legislation**: Repeals the two Acts entirely, ending the bounty scheme and any government agreements made under the 1940 Act.\n- **Protects existing rights**: A specific company, Australian Consolidated Industries Limited, keeps any legal claims or entitlements it had against the federal government under those old laws. The company can still sue the government or enforce contracts as if the repeal never happened.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is \"legislative housekeeping\" — cleaning up wartime-era industry assistance laws while ensuring that winding down these programs doesn't cheat one particular manufacturer out of money or legal rights it had already earned."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945","history":"/api/acts/motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945/history","analysis":"/api/acts/motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/motor-vehicles-manufacture-legislation-repeal-act-1945/documents"}}