{"id":"C1961A00097","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1961","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1961","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"97 of 1961","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4940,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1961A00097-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1961","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 97 of 1961.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 30th October, 1961\\].\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 1961.\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 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-two) pursuant to—\n\n(a) any Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twelfth, nineteenth or twenty-fifth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one;\n\n(b) Customs Tariff (Canada Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fifth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one; or\n\n(c) Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fifth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one,\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":2172},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains a narrow, specific scope limited to validating collections under three specific dates of Tariff Proposals introduced in October 1961. It does not expand beyond this time-bound validation function or affect broader areas of customs law."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 3) containing the entire legislative effect","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, nested exceptions, or discretionary powers—operates as a straightforward deeming provision","References to external parliamentary documents (the Tariff Proposals) without incorporating their substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties the government imposed under Tariff Proposals announced 12, 19 and 25 October 1961 (including concessional rates for Canada and New Zealand), covering any amounts demanded or collected up to 30 June 1962. It protects those collections from legal challenge, securing revenue and preventing importers from claiming refunds while the formal Customs Tariff Act was still pending."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1961","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1961/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1961/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1961/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1961/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1961/documents"}}