Customs Tariff Validation Act 1978 (Cth)

CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1978

No. 49 of 1978

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 1978.

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 31 December 1978 pursuant to Customs Tariff Proposals introduced into the House of Representatives on 24 May 1978 shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.