{"id":"C2004A02182","name":"Wheat Research Amendment Act 1979","slug":"wheat-research-amendment-act-1979","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"172 of 1979","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7450,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02182-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wheat Research Amendment Act 1979","content":"Wheat Research Amendment Act 1979\n\nNo. 172 of 1979\n\nAn Act to amend the Wheat Research Act 1957.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and 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 Research Amendment Act 1979.\n\n(2) The Wheat Research Act 1957 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\nMoneys to be paid into the Account\n\n3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—\n\n(a) by inserting after paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) the following paragraph:\n\n“(aa) amounts equal to the amounts received under the Wheat Tax Act 1979;”;\n\n(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) “paragraph (a)” and substituting “paragraphs (a) and (aa)”; and\n\n(c) by inserting in sub-section (2) “, (aa)” after “paragraphs (a)”.\n\nSeparate accounts to be kept\n\n4\\. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—\n\n(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) “and”; and\n\n(b) by inserting after paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) the following paragraph:\n\n“(aa) the amounts paid into the Account as amounts equal to the amounts received under the Wheat Tax Act 1979 in respect of wheat sold by the Australian Wheat Board by a contract entered into in the State; and”.\n\n5\\. Section 18 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:\n\nAnnual report\n\n“18\\. (1) The Minister shall, by 31 December in the year 1980 and in each succeeding year, cause to be prepared and laid before each House of the Parliament a report on the operation of this Act during the year that ended on the preceding 30 June.\n\n“(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the year ending on 30 June 1980 shall be deemed to include the period commencing on 1 January 1979 and ending on 30 June 1979.”.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2129},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendments remain tightly focused on the original purpose of the Wheat Research Act 1957. Adding the Wheat Tax as a revenue source and updating administrative reporting requirements falls squarely within the Act's existing framework for funding and administering wheat research."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections with straightforward textual amendments (simple insertions, omissions and substitutions)","Limited cross-references confined to the Principal Act (Wheat Research Act 1957) and one related Act (Wheat Tax Act 1979)","Single transitional provision in section 18(2) dealing with the first reporting period","No defined terms section, nested exceptions, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act amends the Wheat Research Act 1957 to require revenue collected under the Wheat Tax Act 1979 to be paid into the Wheat Research Account, and to require the Australian Wheat Board to keep state-by-state records of tax receipts. The Minister must now table an annual report by 31 December covering the previous financial year (the first report covers 1 Jan 1979–30 Jun 1980).\n\nIt affects wheat growers (tax payers), the AWB, the responsible Minister, and recipients of wheat research grants by improving funding flows and transparency."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wheat-research-amendment-act-1979","history":"/api/acts/wheat-research-amendment-act-1979/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wheat-research-amendment-act-1979/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wheat-research-amendment-act-1979/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wheat-research-amendment-act-1979/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wheat-research-amendment-act-1979/documents"}}