{"id":"C1929A00026","name":"South Australia Grant Act 1929","slug":"south-australia-grant-act-1929","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"26 of 1929","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3492,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1929A00026-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"South Australia Grant Act 1929","content":"SOUTH AUSTRALIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 26 of 1929.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the State of South Australia.\n\n\\[Assented to 13th December, 1929.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the South Australia Grant Act 1929.\n\nPayment for financial assistance to South Australia.\n\n2. Subject to this Act, there shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of South Australia, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, the sum of Three hundred and sixty thousand pounds and, during each of the years commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty and on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one respectively, the sum of Three hundred and twenty thousand pounds.\n\nPeriod and method of payment.\n\n3. The amount payable under this Act in any year shall be paid in equal monthly instalments.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1680},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains locked to its original narrow purpose: a time-limited, specific-purpose payment to South Australia. There is no legislative creep or expansion of scope beyond the three-year appropriation schedule."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no subsections","Zero defined terms or interpretation clauses","No cross-references to other Acts or sections","Simple fixed-sum appropriation with basic arithmetic (equal monthly instalments)","No conditions, triggers, exceptions, or regulatory powers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to cut South Australia a cheque—three years running—during the lean early years of the Great Depression.\n\n**The Deal:**\n- **£360,000** for the year 1929-30\n- **£320,000** for 1930-31  \n- **£320,000** for 1931-32\n\n**The Mechanics:**\n- The cash comes straight out of the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth’s main piggy bank)\n- Paid in equal monthly instalments—no lump sum, just steady drip-feed\n- No strings attached in the Act itself; it’s a straight grant\n\n**Who cares:**\n- **South Australia** gets the dough to keep its budget afloat\n- **Federal Treasury** gets the legal authority to transfer the funds\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a rare beast—a \"money bill\" that does exactly one thing and then vanishes. It’s an early example of federal fiscal relief to a struggling state, decades before the modern Grants Commission system formalised these transfers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1929","history":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1929/history","analysis":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1929/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1929/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1929/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1929/documents"}}