{"id":"C1935A00020","name":"Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Validation Act 1935","slug":"customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3751,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Validation Act 1935","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF (EXCHANGE ADJUSTMENT) VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 20 of 1935.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Adjustments in Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) 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 (Exchange Adjustment) Validation Act 1935.\n\n  \n\nValidation of alterations in variations of duty.\n\n2. Any alteration in the variations of duties of Customs provided for by the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1934, made on or before the thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, in accordance with the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) 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 made and all duties of Customs demanded or collected in accordance with those variations as so altered 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":1926},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its stated purpose of validating specific exchange rate adjustments to customs duties made during the 1934–1935 period. No expansion beyond the original intent is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 sections with minimal text (short title and single operative provision)","No definitions section or complex defined terms","Retrospective deeming provision (declares past actions lawful) but applied simply","Limited temporal and substantive scope (specific date range and specific parent Act)","Only one external reference (to the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1934)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates changes to customs duties that were made to reflect exchange-rate movements between 6 December 1934 and 30 November 1935.  \n\nIt affects importers who paid those adjusted duties and the Commonwealth by confirming the revenue collected was lawful, preventing legal challenges or large refund claims over the period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-1935/documents"}}