{"id":"C1967A00045","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1967","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1967","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"45 of 1967","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5190,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1967A00045-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1967","content":"Customs Tariff Validation\n\nNo. 45 of 1967\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 25 May 1967\\]\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 1967.\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 on or before the first day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on any of the following dates shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected:—\n\n22 February, 1967\n\n14 March, 1967\n\n16 March, 1967\n\n4 April, 1967\n\n13 April, 1967\n\n20 April, 1967.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1853},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of validating customs duties collected under the six specific tariff proposals listed in section 3."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unambiguous validation provision","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates customs duties collected from importers between February and April 1967 by confirming all such charges levied on or before 1 May 1967 under the customs tariff proposals introduced that period. It affects importers who paid those duties and the government by removing legal uncertainty and preserving revenue already collected."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1967","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1967/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1967/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1967/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1967/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1967/documents"}}