{"id":"C1972A00073","name":"New Guinea Timber Agreement Act (Repeal) Act 1972","slug":"new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"73 of 1972","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2476,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1972A00073-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"New Guinea Timber Agreement Act (Repeal) Act 1972","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nNew Guinea Timber Agreement Act (Repeal)\n\nNo. 73 of 1972\n\nAn Act to repeal the New Guinea Timber Agreement Act 1952–1953.\n\n[Assented to 1 September 1972]\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 New Guinea Timber Agreement Act (Repeal) Act 1972.\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 The following Acts are repealed:—\n\nNew Guinea Timber Agreement Act 1952;\n\nNew Guinea Timber Agreement Act 1953.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1351},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward repeal act that removes two specific pieces of legislation without expanding, restricting, or altering their original scope. It simply terminates the legal effect of the 1952 and 1953 Acts as intended."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple, unqualified repeal with no exceptions, savings clauses, or transitional provisions","Only cross-references are to the two specific Acts being repealed","No conditional logic or operative provisions beyond the basic repeal"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act removes (repeals) two old laws from Australia's statute books: the *New Guinea Timber Agreement Act 1952* and the *New Guinea Timber Agreement Act 1953*.\n\n**What it does**\n- **Cancels** these two previous Acts completely, removing them as valid laws\n- **Takes effect immediately** upon receiving Royal Assent (approval from the Governor-General)\n\n**Why it matters**\nNew Guinea was administered by Australia as a territory at this time (before Papua New Guinea became independent in 1975). This legislation performs a \"cleanup\" of the law books by removing outdated timber agreement legislation that was no longer needed, ensuring the statute books only contain current, relevant laws."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act does not expand or alter any legislative scope — it exists solely to remove an existing Act from the statute book. By definition, a pure repeal Act cannot grow beyond its original intent; its intent is simply termination of prior law."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose repeal act with no substantive operative provisions of its own","No defined terms required","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond the single Act being repealed","Extremely short — likely only one or two operative clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"The New Guinea Timber Agreement Act (Repeal) Act 1972 simply abolishes the earlier New Guinea Timber Agreement Act, removing that law and its legal framework from force.  \n\nThat repeal affects any government bodies, companies or individuals who relied on rights or obligations created by the original Act and reflects the unwinding of Commonwealth legislation tied to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea as Australia reduced its administrative role."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972","history":"/api/acts/new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/new-guinea-timber-agreement-act-repeal-act-1972/documents"}}