{"id":"C1919A00018","name":"Excise Tariff Validation Act 1919","slug":"excise-tariff-validation-act-1919","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"18 of 1919","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":19147,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1919A00018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Excise Tariff Validation Act 1919","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\nEXCISE TARIFF VALIDATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 18 of 1919.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Excise under Tariff Proposals.\n\n[Assented to 28th October, 1919.]\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 Excise Tariff Validation Act 1919.\n\n\nDefinition.\n\n2. In this Act “Tariff proposals” means the proposed Duties of Excise introduced into the House of Representatives on the following dates, namely:—\n\n10th August, 1917;\n\n25th September, 1918.\n\nValidation of collections under Tariff proposals.\n\n3. All Duties of Excise demanded or collected (whether before or after the termination of the present House of Representatives) pursuant to the Tariff proposals to which this Act applies 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":1102},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow purpose of validating excise collections under two specific historical tariff proposals from 1917 and 1918. It has not expanded beyond this limited, retrospective validation function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single defined term ('Tariff proposals')","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple declarative validation with no exceptions or conditions","No procedural or administrative requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates excise duties charged under the temporary tariff proposals of 10 August 1917 and 25 September 1918, declaring those collections lawful even if taken after the parliamentary session ended. It protects Commonwealth revenue and prevents businesses or importers from contesting or reclaiming excise paid under those wartime measures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/excise-tariff-validation-act-1919","history":"/api/acts/excise-tariff-validation-act-1919/history","analysis":"/api/acts/excise-tariff-validation-act-1919/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/excise-tariff-validation-act-1919/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/excise-tariff-validation-act-1919/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/excise-tariff-validation-act-1919/documents"}}