{"id":"C2004A02177","name":"Wheat Levy Act (No. 1) 1979","slug":"wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"167 of 1979","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7387,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02177-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheat Levy Act (No. 1) 1979","content":"Wheat Levy Act (No. 1) 1979\n\nNo. 167 of 1979\n\nAn Act to impose a levy upon wheat delivered to the Australian Wheat Board.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\nShort title\n\n1\\. This Act may be cited as the Wheat Levy Act (No. 1) 1979.\n\nCommencement\n\n2\\. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 October 1979.\n\nInterpretation\n\n3\\. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“Board” means the Australian Wheat Board;\n\n“levy” means levy imposed upon wheat by this Act;\n\n“season” means the period of 12 months that commenced on 1 October 1979 and each of the next 6 succeeding periods of 12 months;\n\n“wheat” means wheat harvested during a season.\n\nImposition of levy on wheat\n\n4\\. A levy is imposed, and shall be levied and paid, upon wheat that is delivered to the Board.\n\nRate of levy\n\n5\\. The rate of levy is $2.50 per tonne.\n\nLevy payable by the Board\n\n6\\. (1) The amount of levy in respect of any wheat is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the Board.\n\n(2) Levy in respect of wheat becomes due and payable on 31 March next following the close of the season during which the wheat was delivered to the Board.\n\nDeduction of levy\n\n7. The Board may deduct from the amount payable by it for wheat upon which levy is imposed an amount equal to the amount of levy payable upon that wheat.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2712},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow purpose of imposing a specific levy on wheat deliveries to the Australian Wheat Board for a defined 7-year period, with no expansion of scope beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 defined terms in section 3","Flat rate of $2.50 per tonne with no calculation variables or tiers","Zero cross-references to other legislation","Automatic sunset limiting operation to 7 seasons (1979-1986)","Simple deduction mechanism in section 7 with no conditions or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act imposed a time-limited $2.50-per-tonne levy on wheat delivered to the Australian Wheat Board for crops harvested between 1 October 1979 and 30 September 1986. The Board is legally responsible for remitting the levy to the Commonwealth but may deduct the amount from payments to farmers, with each season’s levy due on 31 March following the harvest.\n\nIt mattered because it raised revenue from the wheat industry for a defined seven-season period and automatically ceased after 1986."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979","history":"/api/acts/wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wheat-levy-act-no-1-1979/documents"}}