Commonwealth act

Customs Tariff Validation Act 1928

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

3 of 1928

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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This Act retroactively validates customs duties the Commonwealth collected between August 1926 and March 1928 under temporary tariff proposals, treating those interim collections as lawfully imposed.

It preserves the revenue for the Treasury and prevents importers or businesses who paid during that period from claiming refunds.

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Customs Tariff Validation Act 1928

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CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.

No. 3 of 1928.

An Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Tariff Proposals.

[Assented to 31st March, 1928.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 1928.

Definition

2. In this Act, “Tariff proposals” means the proposed Duties of Customs introduced into the House of Representatives on the following dates, namely:—

11th August, 1926;

23rd March, 1927;

28th September, 1927.

Validation collections under Tariff proposals.

3. All Duties of Customs demanded or collected, either before the commencement of this Act or before the commencement of the Customs Tariff 1928, pursuant to Tariff proposals, shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.

Source text

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