Commonwealth act

Customs Tariff Validation Act 1965

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

31 of 1965

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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This short, technical Act retrospectively validates customs duties that were collected or demanded between March and 30 June 1965 under temporary parliamentary tariff announcements, including special reduced rates for Canadian goods.

It prevents legal challenges to those early collections, protecting Commonwealth revenue and importers who paid duties during that period.

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Customs Tariff Validation Act 1965

Customs Tariff Validation

No. 31 of 1965

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

[Assented to 2 June, 1965]

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 1965.

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) on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, pursuant to—

(a) Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the eighteenth or twenty-third day of March, the eighth day of April or the sixth or eleventh day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five; or

(b) Customs Tariff (Canada Preference) Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on the sixth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five,

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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