{"id":"C2004A02059","name":"Wool Industry Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979","slug":"wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"49 of 1979","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6857,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02059-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wool Industry Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979","content":"Wool Industry Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979\n\nNo. 49 of 1979\n\nAn Act to amend the Wool Industry Act 1972.\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 Wool Industry Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979.\n\n(2) The Wool Industry Act 1972 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 July 1979.\n\nCarrying out of tests and issue of certificates\n\n3. Section 60 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:\n\n“(2a) The Authority shall not issue a certificate of the kind known as an I.W.T.O. Presale Test Certificate unless the sample to which it relates was drawn at a sampling site that is registered and inspected as provided by the regulations.”.\n\nRegulations\n\n4. Section 92 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:\n\n“(2) In particular, without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), the regulations may make provision for and in relation to—\n\n(a) the registration and inspection of sampling sites for the purposes of sub-section (2a) of section 60; and\n\n(b) the fees payable in respect of the registration and inspection of sampling sites in accordance with the regulations.”.\n\n![](image.001.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2753},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly within its stated purpose of amending wool testing procedures. Adding registration requirements for sampling sites is a targeted technical improvement to quality control under the Wool Industry Act 1972, not an expansion beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single amendment inserting only two subsections into the Principal Act","Minimal cross-referencing (only to sections 60 and 92 of the Wool Industry Act 1972)","Straightforward conditional logic (shall not issue unless site is registered)","No defined terms section or complex interpretative provisions","Relies entirely on existing Principal Act framework"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act requires wool samples used for official international presale test certificates to come from government‑registered, inspected sampling sites, and enables rules for registration, inspection and fees. It affects wool growers, brokers and businesses operating sampling sites, and the industry authority issuing certificates. The change protects testing integrity and Australia’s reputation for high‑quality wool exports."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979","history":"/api/acts/wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wool-industry-amendment-act-no-2-1979/documents"}}