{"id":"C1947A00007","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1947","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1947","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"7 of 1947","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4213,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1947A00007-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1947","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. 7 of 1947.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff 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 Validation  Act 1947.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n\n\n\nValidation of collections under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n3. All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) pursuant to the Customs Tariff 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.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1180},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly the narrow validation function indicated by its title and preamble, with no expansion into ancillary regulatory matters or broader customs administration."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections total","No definitions or interpretation section","Single operative provision with no exceptions or conditions","No cross-references to other Acts (only a date-specific reference to the 1946 proposals)","Simple declaratory language ('shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed')"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties collected after proposals were tabled on 14 November 1946, confirming those collections as lawful. It mainly affects importers and businesses who paid duties between November 1946 and May 1947 (preventing refund claims on technical grounds) and protects the Commonwealth’s revenue from legal challenge."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1947","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1947/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1947/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1947/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1947/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1947/documents"}}