{"id":"C2004L06379","name":"Wool Industry (Apportionment of Wool Tax) Regulations","slug":"wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"146 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28168,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06379-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Wool Industry (Apportionment of Wool Tax) Regulations","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1985 No. 1461\n\nWool Industry (Apportionment Of Wool Tax) Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, and after taking into consideration the recommendations made to the Minister of State for Primary Industry by the Wool Council of Australia with respect to the percentages to be prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 68 (1) (a), sub-section 83(1) and sub-section 84A (1) of the Wool Industry Act 1972, hereby make the following Regulations under that Act.\n\nDated 21 June 1985.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN Governor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nPETER MORRIS\n\nMinister of State for Transport  \nfor and on behalf of the  \nMinister of State for Primary Industry\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Industry (Apportionment of Wool Tax) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Wool Industry Act 1972 .\n\nPrescribed percentages\n\n3. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 68 (1) (a) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 0.5%.\n\n(2) For the purposes of sub-section 83 (1) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 2.5%.\n\n(3) For the purposes of sub-section 84A (1) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 5%.\n\n> Note: NOTES\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 June 1985.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2959},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation maintains its original narrow scope, simply prescribing the specific percentage rates for apportioning wool tax revenue between administrative, marketing, and research funds as originally intended."},"complexity_factors":["Only three operative provisions setting specific numerical percentages","Single defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Direct reference to parent Act sections without complex cross-referencing chains"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the rules for splitting wool tax revenue between three industry funds. When wool tax is collected, it divides the money as follows:\n\n*   **0.5%** goes to the Wool Industry Fund (to cover administrative costs)\n*   **2.5%** goes to the Australian Wool Corporation (for marketing and promoting wool)\n*   **5%** goes to the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation (for research)\n\nThese fixed percentages determine how much of the tax paid on wool sales is directed to each specific purpose under the Wool Industry Act 1972."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations","history":"/api/acts/wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/wool-industry-apportionment-of-wool-tax-regulations/documents"}}