{"id":"C1970A00104","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1970","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1970","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"104 of 1970","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5570,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1970A00104-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1970","content":"Customs Tariff Validation\n\nNo. 104 of 1970\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 4 November 1970\\]\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 1970.\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-one, 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 May, 1970\n\n11 June, 1970\n\n25 August, 1970\n\n16 September, 1970\n\n22 October, 1970\n\n27 October, 1970.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1902},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its narrow, specific purpose of validating customs duties collected under six specific tariff proposals introduced in 1970. It has not expanded beyond this original validation intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operational provision (section 3)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Straightforward retrospective validation without exceptions or nested conditions","Limited to specific enumerated dates and a fixed end date (30 April 1971)"],"plain_english_summary":"This short housekeeping Act retrospectively validates customs duties that were demanded or collected under six Customs Tariff proposals introduced between May and October 1970, treating those collections as lawfully imposed even if taken before formal legislation was passed.  \n\nIt protects the Commonwealth from legal challenges and removes importers’ technical grounds for refunds for duties paid during that period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1970","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1970/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1970/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1970/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1970/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1970/documents"}}