{"id":"C1928A00003","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1928","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1928","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"3 of 1928","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3464,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1928A00003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1928","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 3 of 1928.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Tariff Proposals.\n\n[Assented to 31st March, 1928.]\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 Validation Act 1928.\n\nDefinition\n\n2. In this Act, “Tariff proposals” means the proposed Duties of Customs introduced into the House of Representatives on the following dates, namely:—\n\n11th August, 1926;\n\n23rd March, 1927;\n\n28th September, 1927.\n\nValidation collections under Tariff proposals.\n\n3. All Duties of Customs demanded or collected, either before the commencement of this Act or before the commencement of the Customs Tariff 1928, pursuant to Tariff proposals, shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1508},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original limited purpose of validating historical customs collections under three specific tariff proposals from 1926-1927. It has not expanded beyond this narrow retrospective validation function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single defined term ('Tariff proposals') referring to three specific historical dates","No cross-references to other legislation","No conditional exceptions, qualifications, or sunset clauses","Simple declarative validation without procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties the Commonwealth collected between August 1926 and March 1928 under temporary tariff proposals, treating those interim collections as lawfully imposed.  \n\nIt preserves the revenue for the Treasury and prevents importers or businesses who paid during that period from claiming refunds."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1928","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1928/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1928/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1928/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1928/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1928/documents"}}