{"id":"C2004A04548","name":"National Residue Survey (Laying Chicken) Levy Act 1992","slug":"national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"257 of 1992","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":38427,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04548-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Residue Survey (Laying Chicken) Levy Act 1992","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nNational Residue Survey (Laying Chicken)\n\nLevy Act 1992\n\nNo. 257 of 1992\n\n![](image.003.png)![](image.002.png)An Act to impose National Residue Survey Levy in respect of laying chickens\n\n\\[Assented to 24 December 1992\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the National Residue Survey (Laying Chicken) Levy Act 1992.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on 1 July 1993.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3. In this Act:\n\n“laying chicken” has the same meaning as in the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988.\n\nAct binds Crown\n\n4. This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory.\n\nImposition of levy\n\n5. National Residue Survey Levy, within the meaning of the National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992, to the extent that it is payable in respect of laying chickens, is imposed by this Act.\n\n![](image.004.png)\\[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 3 November 1992\n\nSenate on 10 November 1992\\]","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1982},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly scoped to its original 1992 purpose: imposing the National Residue Survey Levy exclusively on laying chickens. As a single-commodity taxing statute, it has not expanded beyond its initial remit."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal length (only 5 operative sections)","Single defined term ('laying chicken') incorporated entirely by reference to the Laying Chicken Levy Act 1988","No substantive machinery provisions - 100% reliance on external legislation (National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992) for levy calculation, collection mechanisms, and enforcement","No exceptions, exemptions, conditional triggers, or penalty provisions within the Act text","Circular imposition language ('to the extent that it is payable') that defers entirely to another Act for the levy's substance"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act constitutionally imposes a compulsory levy on laying chickens to fund Australia’s National Residue Survey, which pays for testing agricultural products for chemical residues. It is a narrow tax on commercial poultry businesses (and, expressly, government bodies/Crown entities) and exists to meet the constitutional requirement that a levy be enacted by Parliament.\n\nThe detailed rates, collection and enforcement rules are handled in the linked Administration Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-residue-survey-laying-chicken-levy-act-1992/documents"}}