{"id":"C1951A00032","name":"Wheat Industry Stabilization (Refund of Charge) Act 1951","slug":"wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"32 of 1951","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4518,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1951A00032-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheat Industry Stabilization (Refund of Charge) Act 1951","content":"WHEAT INDUSTRY STABILIZATION (REFUND OF CHARGE).\n\nNo. 32 of 1951.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Payment, through the Australian Wheat Board, to Growers of Wheat of a certain Season of certain Moneys in the Wheat Prices Stabilization Fund.\n\n\\[Assented to 22nd November, 1951.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Wheat Industry Stabilization (Refund of Charge) Act 1951.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3. In this Act—\n\n“the Board” means the Australian Wheat Board constituted under the Wheat Industry Stabilization Act 1948;\n\n“the Fund” means the Wheat Prices Stabilization Fund established under the Wheat Industry Stabilization Act 1948.\n\nPayments to the Board out of the Fund.\n\n4. There shall be paid to the Board out of the Fund—\n\n(a) an amount equal to the moneys in the Fund representing charge collected under the Wheat Export Charge Act 1948 in respect of wheat harvested in the year which commenced on the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight; and\n\n(b) an amount equal to the income which has accrued to the Fund, up to the date of payment to the Board of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph, from the investment of the moneys in the Fund referred to in that paragraph.\n\nDisposal of the money by the Board.\n\n5. The Board shall apply all moneys received by it in pursuance of this Act as if they were the proceeds of the disposal by the Board of wheat harvested in the year which commenced on the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, and delivered to the Board.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":997},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the narrow refund function described in its title and preamble, with no expansion beyond the specified 1948-49 season."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections total","Just 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","Single purpose with straightforward payment flow","Minimal cross-referencing (only to parent Act for definitions)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does**\n\nThis legislation orders a one-off refund to wheat growers for the 1948–49 harvest season.\n\n**The mechanism**\n\n1. **Money moves from the Fund to the Board**: The Act requires payment from the *Wheat Prices Stabilization Fund* to the *Australian Wheat Board*. The amount includes:\n   - All export charges collected under the Wheat Export Charge Act 1948 for wheat harvested in the year starting 1 October 1948\n   - Any investment income earned on that money since it was collected\n\n2. **Money moves from the Board to growers**: The Board must treat this cash exactly like proceeds from selling wheat. This means it gets distributed to the growers who delivered wheat from that 1948–49 season.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis effectively returns a specific season’s export charges back to the farmers who paid them, using the existing wheat payment system rather than creating a new refund bureaucracy."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951","history":"/api/acts/wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wheat-industry-stabilization-refund-of-charge-act-1951/documents"}}