{"id":"C1965A00031","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1965","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1965","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"31 of 1965","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5195,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1965A00031-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1965","content":"Customs Tariff Validation\n\nNo. 31 of 1965\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 2 June, 1965\\]\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 1965.\n\n  \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) on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, pursuant to—\n\n(a) Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the eighteenth or twenty-third day of March, the eighth day of April or the sixth or eleventh day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five; or\n\n(b) Customs Tariff (Canada Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the sixth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five,\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":1664},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow, technical purpose of validating specific customs collections from March-June 1965. No expansion of scope beyond the specific tariff proposals and dates originally identified."},"complexity_factors":["Retrospective validation mechanism affecting past administrative collections","Multiple specific date conditions (five separate parliamentary proposal dates plus 30 June 1965 deadline)","Dependence on understanding parliamentary procedure (Customs Tariff Proposals) without definitional section"],"plain_english_summary":"This short, technical Act retrospectively validates customs duties that were collected or demanded between March and 30 June 1965 under temporary parliamentary tariff announcements, including special reduced rates for Canadian goods.  \n\nIt prevents legal challenges to those early collections, protecting Commonwealth revenue and importers who paid duties during that period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1965","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1965/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1965/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1965/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1965/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1965/documents"}}