{"id":"C1913A00007","name":"Sugar Bounty Act 1913","slug":"sugar-bounty-act-1913","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"7 of 1913","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":18741,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1913A00007-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sugar Bounty Act 1913","content":"SUGAR BOUNTY.\n\nNo. 7 of 1913.\n\nAn Act to provide for a Bounty to Growers of Sugar Cane and Beet.\n\n\\[Assented to 30th October, 1913.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Sugar Bounty Act 1913, and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.\n\nPayment of bounty.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, to every grower of white-grown cane or beet within the Commonwealth, a bounty at the rate provided by this Act on all such cane or beet delivered for manufacture —\n\n(a) in respect of cane—after the first day of May and before the twenty-sixth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and\n\n  \n\n(b) in respect of beet—after the first day of January and before the twenty-sixth day of July. One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.\n\nBounties payable only to growers complying with regulations.\n\n3. Bounty under this Act shall not be payable to a grower on any cane or beet on which in the opinion of the Minister bounty would not have been payable under the Sugar Bounty Act 1905-1912 if that Act had not been repealed.\n\nRate of bounty.\n\n4. The rates of bounty payable under this Act shall be—\n\n(a) in respect of cane—Two shillings and twopence per ton,\n\n(b) in respect of beet—Two shillings per ton.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2429},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original enactment maintaining a tightly defined scope limited to bounty payments for the 1913 season only, with no evidence of expansion beyond the initial policy intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no interpretation provisions or defined terms","Single cross-reference to prior legislation (Sugar Bounty Act 1905-1912)","Simple flat-rate payment structure without tiers, thresholds, or nested exceptions","Ministerial discretion limited to assessing compliance with repealed Act","Clear, specific date ranges (1913 only) with no conditional triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides government cash payments (**bounties**) to Australian farmers who grew and delivered sugar cane or sugar beet during specific periods in 1913.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n* **Sugar cane growers:** Who delivered cane for manufacturing between 1 May and 26 July 1913\n* **Sugar beet growers:** Who delivered beet for manufacturing between 1 January and 26 July 1913\n\n**Payment rates:**\n* **Cane:** 2 shillings and 2 pence per ton\n* **Beet:** 2 shillings per ton\n\n**Important conditions:**\nTo receive the money, growers must comply with the regulations from the previous *Sugar Bounty Act 1905-1912*. If the Minister believes you wouldn't have qualified under those old rules, you cannot claim this bounty.\n\n**Funding:** The payments come from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (Australia's national treasury).\n\nIn simple terms, this is a temporary 1913 subsidy to support the local sugar industry by directly paying farmers based on how much they produced."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/sugar-bounty-act-1913","history":"/api/acts/sugar-bounty-act-1913/history","analysis":"/api/acts/sugar-bounty-act-1913/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/sugar-bounty-act-1913/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/sugar-bounty-act-1913/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/sugar-bounty-act-1913/documents"}}