{"id":"C1959A00096","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1959","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1959","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"96 of 1959","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28761,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1959A00096-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1959","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 96 of 1959.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 4th December, 1959.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’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 1959.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\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 and on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty) pursuant to—\n\n(a) Customs Tariff (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the nineteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine;\n\n(b) any Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fifth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine; or\n\n(c) Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fifth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine,\n\nshall 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":2673},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs a precise, limited validation function exactly as described in its title and preamble, covering only the specific Customs Tariff Proposals identified by date in section 3."},"complexity_factors":["Only three operative sections with minimal text","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple declarative validation formula without exceptions or nested conditions","Straightforward retroactive effect limited to specific identifiable proposals and a clear end date (30 June 1960)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates customs duties charged under three specific sets of temporary tariff proposals introduced in November 1959, provided those duties were collected on or before 30 June 1960. It protects importers who paid those duties and secures the Government’s revenue by removing legal uncertainty over those collections."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1959","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1959/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1959/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1959/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1959/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1959/documents"}}