CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION.
No. 19 of 1953.
An Act to provide for the Validation of Collections of Duties of Customs under Customs Tariff Proposals.
[Assented to 9th April, 1953.]
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.
1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 1953.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Validation of collections under Customs Tariff Proposals.
3. All duties of Customs demanded or collected (whether before or after the commencement of this Act and on or before the fifth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three) pursuant to—
(a) Customs Tariff Proposals No. 7 introduced into the House of Representatives on the fifth day of March. One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three; or
(b) the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1952 as proposed to be affected by Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Proposals No. 2 introduced into the House of Representatives on the fifth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three,
shall be deemed to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.