Customs
Tariff Validation Act 1979
No.
82 of 1979
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 1979.
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 1979 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:
3
May 1979
22
May 1979
5
June 1979.
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 11 April 1979 shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and
lawfully demanded or collected.