{"id":"C2004A01776","name":"Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1977","slug":"queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"138 of 1977","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6558,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01776-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1977","content":"QUEENSLAND GRANT (SPECIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1977\n\nNo. 138 of 1977\n\nAn Act to grant financial assistance to Queensland.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1977.\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\n\n3. (1) Subject to this section, there is payable to Queensland during the year that commenced on 1 July 1977, for the purpose of financial assistance, the sum of $24,800,000.\n\n(2) The sum payable to Queensland referred to in sub-section (1) shall be reduced by the sum of any amounts paid to that State under section 4 of the Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1976.\n\n(3) Payments for the purposes of sub-section (1) shall be made in such amounts and at such times as the Treasurer approves.\n\nPayments for the year 1978-79\n\n4. The Treasurer may, during the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1978, make payments to Queensland, for the purposes of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $12,400,000.\n\nAppropriation\n\n5. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund which is appropriated accordingly.\n\n![](image.001.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1397},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains strictly limited to its original purpose of providing specific, time-bound financial assistance grants to Queensland for the 1977-78 and early 1978-79 financial years."},"complexity_factors":["No interpretation section or defined terms","Only 5 operative sections","No cross-references to complex legislative schemes","Simple arithmetic adjustment (deduction of previous payments)","Basic appropriation formula"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises a one‑off Commonwealth grant to Queensland: $24.8 million for 1977–78, with up to $12.4 million more for July–December 1978 at the Treasurer’s discretion, reduced by any 1976 special assistance already paid. The money is drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and provides temporary budgetary relief to the Queensland government."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977","history":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977/history","analysis":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1977/documents"}}