{"id":"C1955L00078","name":"Tea Export Duty Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"78 of 1955","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23597,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1955L00078-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tea Export Duty Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1955\\. No. .\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS TARIFF (EXPORT DUTIES) ACT 1951.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Tariff (Export Duties) Act 1951.\n\nDated this third day of November, 1955.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of Neil Sullivan](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Customs.\n\nRepeal of the Tea Export Duty Regulations.\n\nRepeal.\n\n1. The Tea Export Duty Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1951, No. 163 ; and Statutory Rules 1952, No. 58) are repealed.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of October, 1955.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1955\n\nPrinted for the Government of the Commonwealth by A. J. Arthur at the Government Printing Office, Canberra.\n\n4903/55.—Price 3d. 9/23.9.1955.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2029},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function indicated by its title: repealing specific export duty regulations. It does not expand beyond the original scope of the enabling Act or introduce new regulatory schemes."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections total","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","Single, unqualified repeal action with no exceptions","No cross-references to substantive provisions beyond listing the regulations being repealed","Minimal conditional logic (only a retrospective commencement date)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThis regulation scraps the previous rules that put a tax (called an 'export duty') on tea leaving Australia.\n\n**Key points**\n- **Cancels old tax rules**: It wipes out the *Tea Export Duty Regulations* from 1951 and 1952, which required exporters to pay duty on tea exports.\n- **Stops the tax**: Once repealed, tea exporters no longer need to pay this specific export tax.\n- **Effective date**: The change applies from 1 October 1955 (before the regulation was actually signed).\n\n**Who it affects**\nAustralian businesses exporting tea overseas.\n\n**Why it matters**\nRemoving export duties makes Australian tea cheaper for international buyers, helping local tea sellers compete better on the global market."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tea-export-duty-regulations-repeal/documents"}}