{"id":"C2004A02188","name":"Customs Tariff Validation Act (No. 2) 1979","slug":"customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"178 of 1979","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7469,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02188-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs Tariff Validation Act (No. 2) 1979","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 (No. 2) 1979\n\nNo. 178 of 1979\n\nAn Act to provide for the validation of certain collections of duties of Customs.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and 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) 1979.\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 30 June 1980 pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on either of the following dates shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected:\n\n25 October 1979\n\n8 November 1979.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1751},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains a narrow, time-specific validation measure covering only the two Customs Tariff Proposals from October and November 1979. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of retrospectively validating duties collected under those specific proposals."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections with no defined terms","Single operative provision with straightforward retrospective effect","No exceptions, conditions, or nested logic","Limited to specific, named external documents (the two Customs Tariff Proposals)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively validates customs duties charged under two tariff proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on 25 October 1979 and 8 November 1979, covering any duties demanded or collected up to 30 June 1980. It protects importers who paid in good faith and secures government revenue by preventing legal challenges to those collections on technical grounds."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979","history":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-tariff-validation-act-no-2-1979/documents"}}