{"id":"C1943A00008","name":"Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Validation Act 1943","slug":"customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1943","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4258,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1943A00008-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Validation Act 1943","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE) VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 8 of 1843.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 1st March, 1943.\\]\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 1943.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nValidation of collections under Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Proposals.\n\n3. All duties of Customs demanded or collected, whether before or after the commencement of this Act and on or before the second day of September, One thousand nine hundred and forty-three, pursuant to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the fifth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and forty-two, shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1526},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly the narrow technical function described in its title—validating customs duty collections made under the Canadian Preference Proposals. There is no expansion beyond this specific validation purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short operative sections","No definitions or interpretation clauses","Single unconditional validation provision","No cross-references to other statutes","Simple date-based conditions (fixed start and end dates)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates lower customs duties charged on Canadian imports between 5 March 1942 and 2 September 1943, correcting the lack of formal tariff legislation when those rates began.\n\nIt prevents importers from suing to recover duties collected and secures the wartime trade preference with Canada by placing those collections beyond legal challenge."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-canadian-preference-validation-act-1943/documents"}}