{"id":"C1965A00113","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act (No. 2) 1965","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"113 of 1965","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5307,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1965A00113-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act (No. 2) 1965","content":"Customs Tariff Validation (No. 2)\n\nNo. 113 of 1965\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.\n\n\\[Assented to 18 December, 1965\\]\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 (No. 2) 1965.\n\n  \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 thirteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six, 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\n28 October, 1965\n\n16 November, 1965\n\n18 November, 1965\n\n1 December, 1965.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1646},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of validating customs duty collections under four specific tariff proposal dates from late 1965. It has not expanded beyond this narrow temporal and substantive scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only three sections total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple date-based validation logic with no conditional exceptions","No cross-references to other Acts beyond the named tariff proposals","Single operative provision with clear retrospective effect"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates customs duties the Australian Government collected under four tariff announcements made in late 1965 (28 Oct, 16 & 18 Nov, 1 Dec). Any duties levied under those proposals up to 13 February 1966 are declared lawfully imposed and collected. It therefore bars importers from reclaiming refunds for that interim period and secures the revenue retained by the Australian Customs Service."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1965/documents"}}