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.