{"id":"C1933A00002","name":"Petrol Commission Act 1933","slug":"petrol-commission-act-1933","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1933","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":13609,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1933A00002-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Petrol Commission Act 1933","content":"PETROL COMMISSION.\n\nNo. 2 of 1933.\n\nAn Act to facilitate the proceedings of the Royal Commission appointed to hold an Inquiry respecting certain matters in relation to Mineral Oils, and Petrol and other products of Mineral Oils.\n\n\\[Assented to 29th May, 1933.\\]\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 Petrol Commission Act 1933.\n\n  \n\nPowers, &c., of Commission.\n\n2. The Commission appointed by the Governor-General on the sixth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, by Letters Patent, in the name of the King, directed to Sydney Ernest Lamb, Esquire, the Honorable John Gunn and Arthur Justin Hancock, Esquire, to make inquiry and report into and upon certain matters specified in the Letters Patent in relation to the operations of the importation into Australia, and the refining, treatment, distribution and sale in Australia of mineral oils, and petrol and other products of mineral oils, shall have all the powers, rights and privileges which are specified in the Royal Commissions Act 1902-1933 as appertaining to a Royal Commission, and the provisions contained in that Act shall have effect as if they were herein enacted and in terms made applicable to the Commission so appointed.\n\nQuorum\n\n3. For the purpose of taking evidence, two members of the Commission referred to in the last preceding section shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1788},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains narrowly focused on its original purpose of facilitating the specific 1933 Royal Commission into mineral oils and petrol products. It has not expanded beyond facilitating this single inquiry."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections","Single cross-reference to existing legislation (Royal Commissions Act)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Straightforward quorum rule with no exceptions or conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"**Purpose:** This Act backs a **1933 Royal Commission** investigating Australia's oil and petrol industry.\n\n**Key effects:**\n* **Legal muscle:** It gives the three appointed commissioners the same powers as other Royal Commissions under the *Royal Commissions Act 1902-1933*. This includes summoning witnesses, demanding documents, and taking evidence under oath (putting someone on the stand to testify).\n* **Meeting rules:** Only two commissioners need to be present to officially hear evidence (this minimum number is called the \"quorum\").\n\n**Why it matters:** During the Great Depression, the government launched this inquiry to examine how mineral oils and petrol were imported, refined, distributed and sold across Australia. This short Act ensured the Commission had the legal teeth to compel testimony and documents from powerful oil companies and traders."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/petrol-commission-act-1933","history":"/api/acts/petrol-commission-act-1933/history","analysis":"/api/acts/petrol-commission-act-1933/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/petrol-commission-act-1933/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/petrol-commission-act-1933/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/petrol-commission-act-1933/documents"}}