2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Customs Tariff Validation Bill 2009
No. , 2009
(Home Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to validate certain collections of
duties of customs
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Validation of collections because of customs tariff proposal ............. 2
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Validation of collections because of Gazette notice........................... 2
Customs Tariff Validation Bill 2009 No. , 2009 1
A Bill for an Act to validate certain collections of
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duties of customs
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 2009.
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2 Commence ment
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This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 14 May
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2009.
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Section 3
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(1) All duties of customs demanded or collected before 14 May 2009
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because of the customs tariff proposal proposed in the House of
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Representatives on 13 May 2008 are taken to have been lawfully
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imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.
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(2) Subsection (1) applies to duties of customs whether they were
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demanded or collected:
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(a) at the rate proposed in the customs tariff proposal proposed
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in the House of Representatives on 13 May 2008; or
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(b) at a higher rate resulting from indexation of the rate proposed
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on 13 May 2008 or from indexation of the result of
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indexation of that rate.
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4 Validation of collections because of Gazette notice
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All duties of customs demanded or collected before 14 May 2009
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because of a notice published in the Gazette on 26 April 2008
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under section 273EA of the Customs Act 1901 are taken to have
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been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.
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