{"id":"C1943A00031","name":"Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Validation Act (No. 2) 1943","slug":"customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"31 of 1943","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4285,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1943A00031-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Validation Act (No. 2) 1943","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE) VALIDATION (No. 2).\n\nNo. 31 of 1943.\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 3rd July, 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 (New Zealand Preference) Validation Act (No. 2) 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 (New Zealand Preference) Proposals.\n\n3. All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) pursuant to the Customs Tariff (New Zealand 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":2252},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains strictly limited to its original purpose: validating past customs collections made under the 1942 New Zealand Preference proposals. No expansion of scope beyond this specific technical validation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 3) with no exceptions or conditions","No definitions or interpretation section","Retrospective validation mechanism only—no ongoing regulatory scheme","Minimal cross-referencing (sole reference to the 1942 Proposals)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties charged under the March 1942 New Zealand Preference tariff proposals (covering collections up to July 1943), removing legal doubts about their lawfulness. It protects the Commonwealth from refund claims and preserves the status of wartime tariff treatment for importers of New Zealand goods, ensuring past collections are treated as valid despite the proposals not having been enacted earlier."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-new-zealand-preference-validation-act-no-2-1943/documents"}}