CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977 No. 12, 1977


CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977 No. 12 of 1977 - SECT. 1. Short title.

                     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:-
  1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 1977.*1*

CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977 No. 12 of 1977 - SECT. 2. Commencement.

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*

CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977 No. 12 of 1977 - SECT. 3. 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.

CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977 No. 12 of 1977 - SECT. 4. 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.
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CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION ACT 1977 No. 12 of 1977 - NOTE


                                      NOTE
1.  Act No. 12, 1977; assented to 28 February 1977.