{"id":"C1934A00023","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1934","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1934","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"23 of 1934","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3659,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1934A00023-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1934","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 23 of 1934.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 4th August, 1934.\\]\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 1934.\n\nValidation of collections under Tariff proposals.\n\n2 All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before the dissolution or expiry of the present House of Representatives or at or after such dissolution or expiry and on or before the twenty-eighth day of February One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five) pursuant to the Customs Tariff proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fourth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, and on the first day of August, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, 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":1312},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains a narrow, specific scope limited to validating collections under two particular tariff proposals for a defined retrospective period. No expansion beyond the original intent of technical validation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and validation provision)","No interpretation section or defined terms","Simple date-based temporal limitation (up to 28 February 1935)","No cross-references to other legislation","Single operative concept (deeming past collections lawful)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates customs duties collected under two temporary “Customs Tariff Proposals” (introduced Nov 1933 and Aug 1934), treating those collections up to 28 February 1935 as lawful despite being taken before the proposals became formal Acts. It protects government revenue and importers from claims for refunds arising from duties briefly collected without the usual completed parliamentary enactment."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1934","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1934/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1934/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1934/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1934/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1934/documents"}}