{"id":"C2004A02741","name":"Wheat Marketing Amendment Act 1983","slug":"wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"24 of 1983","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":25870,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02741-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheat Marketing Amendment Act 1983","content":"![1.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nWheat Marketing Amendment Act 1983\n\nNo. 24 of 1983\n\nAn Act to amend the Wheat Marketing Act 1979\n\n\\[Assented to 14 June 1983\\]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\nShort title, &c.\n\n1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Wheat Marketing Amendment Act 1983.\n\n(2) The Wheat Marketing Act 19791 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nRaising of moneys by Board\n\n3. Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (5) the following sub-section:\n\n“(5a) The powers of the Board under sub-sections (3) and (5) may be exercised both within and outside Australia.”.\n\n  \nAmounts payable to Board in respect of commercial borrowings\n\n4\\. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (3c) the following sub-section:\n\n“(3d) Nothing in this section shall be taken to require, or to authorize, the making of a payment to the Board on or after 30 June 1983.”.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. No. 166, 1979, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 48 and 150, 1982.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1231},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendments remain strictly within the financial and operational management framework of the Australian Wheat Board, consistent with the original Act's purpose of regulating wheat marketing."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative provisions (sections 3 and 4)","No new defined terms or interpretation sections","Simple amendments adding single subsections to existing sections 44 and 46 of the Principal Act","Minimal cross-referencing (only to specific subsections of the Wheat Marketing Act 1979)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act makes two small but important changes to the **Wheat Marketing Act 1979**, which governs how the Australian Wheat Board operates.\n\n**1. International borrowing powers**\nThe Board can now borrow money and arrange financial deals both inside Australia and overseas. Before this change, its powers to raise funds may have been limited to domestic activities only. This gives the Board access to international money markets.\n\n**2. End to government payments**\nThe Act stops any government payments to the Board on or after 30 June 1983. This means the Board can no longer rely on taxpayer funding and must support itself through commercial borrowing.\n\n**Why it matters**\nThese changes mark a shift toward making the Wheat Board more commercially independent—treating it less like a government department and more like a self-funding business that must secure its own financing."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983","history":"/api/acts/wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wheat-marketing-amendment-act-1983/documents"}}