{"id":"C1977L00103","name":"Wheat Export Charge Regulations","slug":"wheat-export-charge-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"103 of 1977","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":25189,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1977L00103-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheat Export Charge Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1977 No. 103\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE WHEAT EXPORT CHARGE ACT 1974.\\*\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 Wheat Export Charge Act 1974.\n\nDated this twenty-eighth day of June, 1977,\n\nJOHN R. KERR\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nIAN SINCLAIR\n\nMinister of State for Primary Industry\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nWHEAT EXPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wheat Export Charge Regulations.\n\nInterpretation.\n\n2. In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Wheat Export Charge Act 1974.\n\nWheat products for the purposes of the Act.\n\n3. For the purposes of the definition of “ wheat products ” in sub-section 4 (1) of the Act, each commodity included in a class of commodities specified in the Schedule, being a commodity that is produced partly from wheat products of the kinds referred to in sub-paragraph 4 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act or from wheat, is declared to be a wheat product for the purposes of the Act.\n\nSCHEDULE Regulation 3\n\n| Item No. | Classes of commodities |\n| -------- | ---------------------- |\n| 1        | Biscuits               |\n| 2        | Cake mixes             |\n| 3        | Pet foods              |\n| 4        | Poultry foods          |\n| 5        | Stock foods            |\n\n\\*Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 30 June 1977.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1323},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations exercise the specific definitional power conferred by sub-section 4(1)(b)(ii) of the enabling Act, which expressly contemplated this expansion of 'wheat products' to cover downstream commodities. No expansion beyond original legislative intent is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative regulations","Single defined term ('the Act')","No conditional logic, nested exceptions, or internal cross-references","Schedule contains only 5 specific items with no subdivisions"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations expand what counts as a **\"wheat product\"** for export charge purposes. Under the Wheat Export Charge Act 1974, exporters pay a levy when shipping wheat products overseas. These rules ensure that charge also applies to **processed foods made partly from wheat**—specifically:\n\n* Biscuits\n* Cake mixes  \n* Pet foods\n* Poultry foods\n* Stock foods\n\n**Why it matters:** Without this rule, exporters could avoid the wheat export charge by exporting wheat in the form of biscuits or animal feed rather than as raw grain or flour. This closes that loophole by treating these processed goods as wheat products for the charge."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wheat-export-charge-regulations","history":"/api/acts/wheat-export-charge-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wheat-export-charge-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wheat-export-charge-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wheat-export-charge-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wheat-export-charge-regulations/documents"}}