Commonwealth act

International Wheat Agreement Act 1971

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

39 of 1971

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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This Act gives Parliament’s formal approval for Australia to ratify the Wheat Trade Convention and Food Aid Convention agreed in Geneva in 1971, together forming the International Wheat Agreement, 1971. It also repeals earlier Acts that approved prior international wheat arrangements.

It mainly affects the Australian Government’s international trade and food-aid obligations, formalising Australia’s commitments in a commodity that was then a major export and shaping its role in global wheat markets and aid.

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International Wheat Agreement Act 1971

International Wheat Agreement

No. 39 of 1971

An Act to approve the Ratification by Australia of the Wheat Trade Convention, 1971 and the Food Aid Convention, 1971 and to repeal certain Acts.

[Assented to 18 May 1971]

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 1971.

Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Repeal

The following Acts are repealed:—

International Wheat Agreement Act 1962;

International Wheat Agreement (Extension) Act 1965;

International Wheat Agreement (Extension) Act 1966;

International Wheat Agreement (Extension) Act 1967;

International Grains Arrangement Act 1967.

Approval of ratification of Conventions.

Approval is given to the ratification by Australia of the Wheat Trade Convention, 1971 and the Food Aid Convention, 1971, that is to say, the Conventions of those names of which the International Wheat Agreement, 1971, that is to say, the Agreement adopted by the United Nations Wheat Conference, 1971 at Geneva on the twentieth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, consists.

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