Commonwealth act

Customs Tariff Validation Act 1963

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

94 of 1963

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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This Act retroactively validates customs duties charged under the government’s temporary tariff proposals introduced in August–October 1963, including special preference tariffs for Canada and New Zealand, removing legal doubt about collections. It affects importers and the Commonwealth by confirming the duties collected (and the revenue retained) as lawful for amounts collected up to 30 June 1964.

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Customs Tariff Validation Act 1963

CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.

No. 94 of 1963.

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

[Assented to 31st October, 1963.]

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

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 1963.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Validation of collections under Customs Tariff Proposals.

All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act and on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four) pursuant to—

(a) any Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the fourteenth, fifteenth, twenty-second or twenty-ninth day of August, the nineteenth or twenty-fifth day of September or the seventeenth or thirtieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three;

(b) Customs Tariff (Canada Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the twenty-fifth day of September, or the thirtieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three; or

(c) Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the seventeenth or thirtieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three,

shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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