This Bill provides for the validation until 30 June 1980 of duties collected in pursuance of Customs Tariff Proposals Nos. 31 to 35 introduced into the Parliament at various times since 25 October 1979 and not covered by Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1979 introduced into the Parliament on 8 November 1 979. Under section 226 of the Customs Act the collection of duties in pursuance of Customs Tariff Proposals is protected against legal challenge for six months or until the close of the session of Parliament, which ever occurs first. The introduction and passage of a Validation Bill is therefore a necessary machinery measure which takes over from section 226 pending the introduction of a Customs Tariff Amendment Bill to formally enact the changes contained in the Proposals.

The tariff changes validated by the Bill relate to:

Decisions of the Government resulting from Industries Assistance Commission reports on-