{"id":"C2004A02163","name":"Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1979","slug":"queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"153 of 1979","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7331,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A02163-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1979","content":"Queensland Grant (Special Assistance) Act 1979\n\nNo. 153 of 1979\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 1979.\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 1979, for the purpose of financial assistance, the sum of $12,400,000.\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 1978.\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 1980-81\n\n4\\. The Treasurer may, during the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1980, make payments to Queensland, for the purposes of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $6,200,000.\n\nAppropriation\n\n5\\. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund which is appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1298},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose: a specific one-year financial grant to Queensland with a brief six-month extension into 1980-81. No expansion of scope beyond the original appropriation intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections with minimal text","No definitions or interpretation provisions","Single external cross-reference to the 1978 Act","Basic arithmetic operation (subtraction of previous payments)","No exceptions, conditions, or discretionary powers beyond timing of payments"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises a one‑off $12.4 million federal payment to the Queensland government for the year beginning 1 July 1979, with any earlier special assistance from 1978 deducted. The Treasurer may also pay up to an additional $6.2 million between July and December 1980 and determines timing and form of payments. Funds come from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It affects Queensland’s finances and federal taxpayers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979","history":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979/history","analysis":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/queensland-grant-special-assistance-act-1979/documents"}}