{"id":"C1941A00021","name":"Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Validation Act 1941","slug":"customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"21 of 1941","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4062,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1941A00021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Validation Act 1941","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE) VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 21 of 1941.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 7th April, 1941.\\]\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\n    1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Validation Act 1941.\n\n  \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 (New Zealand 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 third day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-one) pursuant to the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and forty, 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":1459},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original specific purpose: validating customs duty collections made under the 1940 New Zealand Preference Proposals. There is no expansion beyond this narrow technical validation function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections with minimal text","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single operative provision with straightforward retrospective validation","Specific limited timeframe (21 November 1940 to 3 July 1941)"],"plain_english_summary":"This short Act cures a technical defect in how customs duties on goods from New Zealand were charged between November 1940 and July 1941. It retroactively validates duties collected under temporary tariff proposals before the permanent law took effect, preventing importers from claiming refunds and protecting government revenue tied to wartime New Zealand trade preferences."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-1941/documents"}}