{"id":"C1972A00029","name":"Queensland Grant Act 1972","slug":"queensland-grant-act-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"29 of 1972","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2457,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1972A00029-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Queensland Grant Act 1972","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nQueensland Grant\n\nNo. 29 of 1972\n\nAn Act to grant Financial Assistance to the State of Queensland.\n\n[Assented to 22 May 1972]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Queensland Grant Act 1972.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nPayment of financial assistance to Queensland.\n\n3. There is payable to the State of Queensland during the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, for the purpose of financial assistance, the sum of Nine million dollars.\n\nAdvances for year 1972-73.\n\n4. The Treasurer may, during the period of six months commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, make payments to the State of Queensland, for the purpose of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the whole the sum of Four million five hundred thousand dollars.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n5. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, purpose-built grant act with a single function: authorising a financial payment from the Commonwealth to Queensland. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond that original intent. Such acts were routinely used as straightforward one-off financial instruments."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short, single-purpose legislation","No defined terms section","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation","Standard boilerplate Commonwealth grant structure with minimal operative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"The Queensland Grant Act 1972 authorises the Commonwealth to make a specific financial payment to the State of Queensland. It governs a federal‑to‑state transfer that affects Commonwealth and Queensland governments and, indirectly, Queensland residents who benefit from the funded purpose. The Act matters because it provides the statutory authority needed to lawfully complete the funding."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1112},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains exactly as intended: a specific-purpose appropriation to provide financial assistance to Queensland for the specified financial years. No expansion beyond the original scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections total","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple, unconditional payment directions without provisos or exceptions","Single purpose legislation limited to specific financial years"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to pay **$9 million** to the State of Queensland as financial assistance for the 1971-72 financial year.\n\nAdditionally, it allows the Federal Treasurer to make **advance payments** of up to **$4.5 million** to Queensland during the first six months of the 1972-73 financial year.\n\nThe money is paid from the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth's main government bank account). This is a straightforward \"money bill\" that appropriates funds for state assistance with no conditions or complex administrative requirements attached."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-act-1972","history":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-act-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-act-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-act-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-act-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-act-1972/documents"}}