{"id":"C2004L06108","name":"Rural Industries Research Regulations","slug":"rural-industries-research-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1986","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28020,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06108-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rural Industries Research Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1986 No. 21\n\n—————\n\nRural Industries Research Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Rural Industries Research Act 1985.\n\nDated 30 January 1986.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJOHN KERIN\n\nMinister of State for Primary Industry\n\n—————\n\nCitation\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Rural Industries Research Regulations.\n\nCommencement\n\n2\\. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 February 1986.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3\\. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“leviable grain legumes” has the same meaning as in the Grain Legumes Levy Act 1985;\n\n“the Act” means the Rural Industries Research Act 1985.\n\nPrescribed levy\n\n4\\. The levy that is imposed by sub-section 6 (1) of the Grain Legumes Levy Act 1985 in respect of leviable grain legumes produced in Australia is declared, with effect from 1 February 1986, to be a prescribed levy.\n\n  \n\nGrain Legumes Research Trust Fund\n\n5\\. The Research Fund established under sub-section 6 (3) of the Act in respect of leviable grain legumes shall be known as the Grain Legumes Research Trust Fund.\n\nGrain Legumes Research Council\n\n6\\. The Research Council established under sub-section 11 (3) of the Act in respect of leviable grain legumes shall be known as the Grain Legumes Research Council.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 January 1986.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2528},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations perform the exact machinery functions contemplated by the parent Rural Industries Research Act 1985—naming the trust fund, naming the research council, and declaring the prescribed levy for the grain legume industry. They do not expand beyond the original statutory framework."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 short sections total","Just 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or internal cross-references","Purely machinery provisions that rely entirely on external statutes for substantive effect"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations create the legal and financial framework to fund grain legume research in Australia by designating the producer levy as a prescribed levy, establishing the Grain Legumes Research Trust Fund as the holding account, and setting up the Grain Legumes Research Council to allocate funding.\n\nThey primarily affect Australian grain legume growers who pay the levy and matter because they turn producer contributions into targeted research to improve yields, pest control and farming practices."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/rural-industries-research-regulations","history":"/api/acts/rural-industries-research-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/rural-industries-research-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/rural-industries-research-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/rural-industries-research-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/rural-industries-research-regulations/documents"}}