{"id":"C1961A00067","name":"Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act 1961","slug":"railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"67 of 1961","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4888,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1961A00067-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"#### 1 Short title\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act 1961.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n  This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"#### 2A Interpretation\n\n  In this Act, unless the contrary intentions appears:\n\n> the Agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in the First Schedule to this Act.\n\n> the Amending Agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approval of Agreement","content":"#### 3 Approval of Agreement\n\n  The Agreement is approved.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"3A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approval of Amending Agreement","content":"#### 3A Approval of Amending Agreement\n\n  The Amending Agreement is approved.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Financial assistance to State of Western Australia","content":"#### 4 Financial assistance to State of Western Australia\n\n  Moneys appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the Agreement as varied by the Amending Agreement may be paid to the State of Western Australia by way of financial assistance on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement as so varied.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Final payment to the Commonwealth","content":"#### 5 Final payment to the Commonwealth\n\n  (1) Despite clause 12 of the Agreement (as varied by the Amending Agreement), Western Australia may pay to the Commonwealth, in a single lump sum, the total amount outstanding under that clause.\n  (2) If Western Australia does so, Western Australia has no further liability to the Commonwealth under the Agreement (as varied by the Amending Agreement).","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal of this Act","content":"#### 6 Repeal of this Act\n\n  (1) If Western Australia makes the payment to the Commonwealth as mentioned in subsection 5(1), this Act is repealed on the 28th day (the repeal day) after the payment is made.\n  (2) Before the repeal day, the Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day this Act is to be repealed.","sortOrder":7}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1604},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original purpose: approving specific railway funding agreements between the Commonwealth and Western Australia, authorising payments, providing a discharge mechanism for debt, and self-repealing upon completion."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single conditional trigger for repeal (section 6)","No cross-references to other legislation","Straightforward financial discharge mechanism","Very short length (6 operative sections)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act approves two financial agreements between the Australian Government and Western Australia concerning a railway. It allows federal funds to flow to the state and provides a mechanism for WA to settle its debt early.\n\n**What it does:**\n\n*   **Legally backs the deals**: Formally approves the original railway agreement and a later update (the \"Amending Agreement\").\n*   **Enables funding**: Authorises the Commonwealth to pay appropriated (Parliament-approved) money to WA as financial assistance under the terms of these agreements.\n*   **Debt settlement option**: Lets WA pay off its entire remaining debt to the Commonwealth in one lump sum. If WA does this, all further payment obligations are cancelled.\n*   **Automatic expiry**: If WA pays the lump sum, the Act repeals itself 28 days later (after the Minister publishes a notice in the *Gazette* — the official government publication)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961","history":"/api/acts/railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961/history","analysis":"/api/acts/railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/railway-agreement-western-australia-act-1961/documents"}}