{"id":"C1947A00008","name":"Customs Tariff (Southern Rhodesian Preference) Validation Act 1947","slug":"customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1947","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4217,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1947A00008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff (Southern Rhodesian Preference) Validation Act 1947","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF (SOUTHERN RHODESIAN PREFERENCE) VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 8 of 1947.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff (Southern Rhodesian Preference) Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 14th May, 1947.\\]\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 (Southern Rhodesian Preference) Validation Act 1947.\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 (Southern Rhodesian 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 (Southern Rhodesian Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the fourteenth day of November. One thousand nine hundred and forty-six, 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":1115},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly the limited validation function described in its title and preamble, solely validating collections under the specific 1946 Customs Tariff proposals regarding Southern Rhodesian trade preferences without expanding to other matters."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections","No definitions or interpretation clauses","Single, unconditional validation provision with no exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This law makes legal the customs duties (taxes on imported goods) that were already collected on goods coming from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).\n\nUnder Australian law, the government sometimes starts collecting import taxes based on \"proposals\" before the full legislation is passed by Parliament. This Act fixes any technical legal problems by declaring that those taxes were valid all along, even if they were collected before this Act became law.\n\n**Key points:**\n- **What it does:** Validates (makes legally sound) customs duties already collected\n- **Which goods:** Imports from Southern Rhodesia covered by tariff proposals from November 1946\n- **Who it affects:** Importers who paid these duties, and the government who collected them\n- **Why it matters:** Prevents anyone from challenging the legality of those tax collections in court"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-southern-rhodesian-preference-validation-act-1947/documents"}}