{"id":"C1963A00094","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1963","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1963","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"94 of 1963","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5250,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1963A00094-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1963","content":"CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.\n\nNo. 94 of 1963.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 31st October, 1963.\\]\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 1963.\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-four) pursuant to—\n\n(a) any Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the fourteenth, fifteenth, twenty-second or twenty-ninth day of August, the nineteenth or twenty-fifth day of September or the seventeenth or thirtieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three;\n\n  \n\n(b) Customs Tariff (Canada Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fifth day of September, or the thirtieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three; or\n\n(c) Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the seventeenth or thirtieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three,\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":870},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: validating specific customs duty collections from August-October 1963. No expansion beyond the stated intent of validating collections under the enumerated Tariff Proposals."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total","No defined terms requiring interpretation","Single operative provision (section 3) with simple date-based conditions","No cross-references to other legislation except specific proposal dates","Straightforward declaratory language ('deemed to have been lawfully imposed')"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties charged under the government’s temporary tariff proposals introduced in August–October 1963, including special preference tariffs for Canada and New Zealand, removing legal doubt about collections. It affects importers and the Commonwealth by confirming the duties collected (and the revenue retained) as lawful for amounts collected up to 30 June 1964."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1963","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1963/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1963/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1963/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1963/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1963/documents"}}