{"id":"C1935A00032","name":"Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Validation Act (No. 2) 1935","slug":"customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"32 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3765,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00032-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Validation Act (No. 2) 1935","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF (EXCHANGE ADJUSTMENT) VALIDATION (No. 2).\n\nNo. 32 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 27th September, 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 (No. 2) 1935.\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 twenty-eighth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, 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":1537},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its stated purpose. It validates only those customs duty variations made under the specific proposals introduced on 28 March 1935, and does not expand beyond the tariff adjustments contemplated in the long title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","Single cross-reference to the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933-1934","Simple date-based conditional limitation (on or before 30 November 1935)","No defined terms section","Straightforward declaratory language ('shall be deemed to have been lawfully made')"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives legal backing to changes in import taxes (customs duties) that the government made earlier in 1935.\n\n**Background:** In the 1930s, Australia adjusted import taxes based on currency exchange rates to protect local businesses. The government could vary these rates under the *Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1934*.\n\n**What this Act does:**\n- **Backdates authority**: It legalises any exchange-rate adjustments to customs duties made between 28 March 1935 and 30 November 1935\n- **Validates collections**: It confirms that any import taxes collected under these adjusted rates were legally demanded and can be kept by the government\n- **Protects against challenges**: It prevents importers from arguing that these particular duty changes were invalid because they hadn't yet been fully legislated\n\nThis is essentially a \"cleanup\" law to ensure technical compliance—making sure that administrative changes to tariffs made earlier in the year were legally valid."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-exchange-adjustment-validation-act-no-2-1935/documents"}}