{"id":"C1935A00031","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act (No. 2) 1935","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"31 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3763,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00031-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act (No. 2) 1935","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\n \n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION (No. 2).\n\n \n\nNo. 31 of 1935.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n[Assented to 27th September, 1935.]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’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 (No. 2) 1935.\n\n\n\n\nValidation of collections under Tariff proposals.\n\n2. All duties of Customs demanded or collected, on or before the thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, pursuant to the Customs Tariff proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-eighth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":740},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose of validating specific customs duty collections made under tariff proposals introduced on 28 March 1935. There is no indication of scope expansion beyond this technical validation function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, straightforward retrospective validation provision","No cross-references to other legislation","No conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates customs duties collected under the government’s March 28, 1935 tariff proposals, covering amounts taken between that announcement and 30 November 1935. It chiefly affects importers and businesses who paid those duties, closing off claims for refunds and protecting the government’s revenue by deeming those earlier collections lawful."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1935/documents"}}