{"id":"C2004A02302","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1980","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-1980","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"101 of 1980","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7702,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02302-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act 1980","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCustoms Tariff Validation Act 1980\n\nNo. 101 of 1980\n\n \n\nAn Act to provide for the validation of certain collections of duties of Customs\n\n[Assented to 6 June 1980]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and 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 1980.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nValidation of collections pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals\n\n3. All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) on or before 31 December 1980 pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on 1 May 1980 shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2150},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of validating customs duties collected under specific tariff proposals introduced in May 1980."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation section","Single operative provision using straightforward deeming language","No cross-references to other Acts (only references to Customs Tariff Proposals as a general concept)","Simple temporal limitation (cut-off date of 31 December 1980)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates customs duties demanded or collected between 1 May and 31 December 1980 under temporary tariff proposals, treating those collections as lawful even if the Act itself passed later.  \n\nIt protects government revenue and prevents importers who paid those duties during that six‑month window from successfully challenging their validity."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1980","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1980/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1980/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1980/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1980/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-1980/documents"}}