Commonwealth act

International Wheat Agreement Act 1953

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

50 of 1953

Collection

act

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This Act gives the Australian Government legal authority to accept the 1953 International Wheat Agreement, replacing the earlier 1949 approval and allowing the government to bring the law into force by proclamation.

It affects the Commonwealth and the wheat export sector by enabling Australia to join an international framework intended to stabilise wheat trade, prices and post‑war food security.

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International Wheat Agreement Act 1953

INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT.

No. 50 of 1953.

An Act to approve Acceptance by Australia of the Agreement Revising and Renewing the International Wheat Agreement.

[Assented to 26th October, 1953.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the International Wheat Agreement Act 1953.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Repeal.

The International Wheat Agreement Act 1949 is repealed.

Approval of acceptance.

Approval is given to acceptance by Australia of the Agreement Revising and Renewing the International Wheat Agreement, signed on behalf of Australia at Washington in the United States of America on the twentieth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, in accordance with Article XX. of the first-mentioned agreement.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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