CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977
No. 12 of 1977
An Act to
provide for the Validation of certain Collections of Duties of Customs.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows: —
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 1977.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
Validation
of collections pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals.
3. All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or
after the commencement of this Act) on or before 30 June 1977 pursuant to
Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on 17
February 1977 shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully
demanded or collected.
Validation
of collections pursuant to Gazette Notices.
4. All duties of Customs demanded or collected, before the
commencement of this Act, pursuant to notices published in the Gazette in
accordance with section 273ea of
the Customs Act 1901 on any of the following dates shall be deemed to
have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected:—
14 December
1976
31 December
1976
28 January
1977.