{"id":"C1968A00137","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1968","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1968","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"137 of 1968","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29351,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1968A00137-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1968","content":"Customs Tariff Validation\n\nNo. 137 of 1968\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 9 December 1968\\]\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 1968.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nValidation or collections under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n3.—(1.) 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-nine, 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\n10 September, 1968\n\n19 September, 1968\n\n6 November, 1968\n\n27 November, 1968.\n\n  \n\n(2.) All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) in respect of goods entered for home consumption before the eighteenth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight, 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\n14 May, 1968\n\n16 May, 1968\n\n28 May, 1968.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1360},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of validating customs duty collections made under specific 1968 tariff proposals."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections with minimal text","No defined terms section","Simple retrospective validation mechanism","Specific date references but no conditional logic or cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties collected from importers under temporary tariff proposals introduced in mid‑ to late‑1968 (with some collections extending into mid‑1969). \n\nIt affects businesses and individuals who paid those duties and prevents them from challenging the legality of those collections in court."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1968","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1968/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1968/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1968/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1968/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1968/documents"}}