Commonwealth act

Customs Tariff Validation Act 1968

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

137 of 1968

Collection

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This Act retroactively validates customs duties collected from importers under temporary tariff proposals introduced in mid‑ to late‑1968 (with some collections extending into mid‑1969).

It affects businesses and individuals who paid those duties and prevents them from challenging the legality of those collections in court.

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Customs Tariff Validation Act 1968

Customs Tariff Validation

No. 137 of 1968

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

[Assented to 9 December 1968]

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 1968.

Commencement.

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

Validation or collections under Customs Tariff Proposals.

3.—(1.) 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-nine, pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on any of the following dates shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected:—

10 September, 1968

19 September, 1968

6 November, 1968

27 November, 1968.

(2.) All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) in respect of goods entered for home consumption before the eighteenth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight, pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on any of the following dates shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected:—

14 May, 1968

16 May, 1968

28 May, 1968.

Source text

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

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