{"id":"C1969A00084","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1969","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1969","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"84 of 1969","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5378,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1969A00084-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1969","content":"Customs Tariff Validation\n\nNo. 84 of 1969\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 26 September 1969\\]\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 1969.\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 April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on either of the following dates shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected:—\n\n14 August, 1969\n\n18 September, 1969.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2790},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original purpose of validating collections under two specific Customs Tariff Proposals introduced in August and September 1969. There is no indication of scope expansion beyond this narrow technical validation function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections total","No definitions or interpretation section","Single operative provision with straightforward date-based conditions","No cross-references to other legislation","No conditional logic or exceptions beyond simple date ranges"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties charged under two tariff proposals announced on 14 August 1969 and 18 September 1969, treating those duties as lawfully collected so long as they were demanded or paid by 30 April 1970. It protects government revenue and gives importers legal certainty, avoiding large refunds that would otherwise be required because the formal Customs Tariff Act had not yet been passed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1969","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1969/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1969/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1969/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1969/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1969/documents"}}