{"id":"C1935A00021","name":"Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Validation Act 1935","slug":"customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"21 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3753,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Validation Act 1935","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE) VALIDATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 21 of 1935.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Proposals.\n\n[Assented to 13th April, 1935.]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Validation Act 1935.\n\nValidation of collections under Tariff proposals.\n\n2. All duties of Customs demanded or collected, on or before the thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, pursuant to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the sixth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1491},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the limited function described in its title and preamble - validating customs duties collected under specific Canadian preference tariff proposals introduced in December 1934. No scope creep detected; it is a straightforward validation of past collections."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and validation provision)","Simple deeming provision with explicit date ranges (6 December 1934 to 30 November 1935)","No interpretation section, definitions, or defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act makes legal the customs duties (import taxes) that were already collected on goods coming from Canada between December 1934 and November 1935.\n\n**Why it was needed**\n\nNormally, the government can't collect taxes until Parliament passes a law authorising those taxes. However, the government had already started charging reduced import duties on Canadian goods based on \"proposals\" (plans) introduced to Parliament in December 1934, before this validation Act was passed in April 1935.\n\nThis law fixes that technical problem by saying: **any duties collected under those Canadian tariff proposals up to 30 November 1935 are deemed to have been legally imposed and lawfully collected**.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\nPrimarily importers who brought goods from Canada during this period (and paid the duties), and the Commonwealth government which collected the revenue."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1935/documents"}}