{"id":"C1971A00045","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1971","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1971","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"45 of 1971","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5703,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1971A00045-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1971","content":"Customs Tariff Validation\n\nNo. 45 of 1971\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 20 May 1971\\]\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 1971.\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 seventy-one, pursuant to any Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives during the period that commenced on the twenty-eighth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, and ended on the fourth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, shall 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":1737},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly the narrow, technical function described in its title—validating specific customs duty collections from a defined 1971 period—with no expansion beyond this retrospective validation purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections (short title, commencement, and single operative provision)","No definitions or interpretation section","Single 'deeming' clause with straightforward retrospective effect","No cross-references to other legislation or complex conditional logic","Simple date-based limitations without nested exceptions or carve-outs"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively confirms that customs duties charged under temporary tariff proposals tabled in Parliament between 28 April and 4 May 1971 were lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected if taken on or before 30 June 1971. It mainly affects importers who paid those duties and the Commonwealth, removing any legal doubt about those specific collections."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1971","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1971/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1971/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1971/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1971/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1971/documents"}}