{"id":"C1935A00042","name":"South Australia Grant Act 1935","slug":"south-australia-grant-act-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"42 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3722,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00042-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"South Australia Grant Act 1935","content":"SOUTH AUSTRALIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 42 of 1935.\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 25th October, 1935.\\]\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 1935.\n\nPayment for financial assistance to South Australia.\n\n2. 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 thirty-five, the sum of One million five hundred thousand pounds.\n\nMethod of payment.\n\n3. The amount payable under this Act 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":976},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of making a specific one-off grant to South Australia. There is no evidence of scope expansion beyond the original appropriation intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation section","No conditional language, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation","Single-purpose appropriation with a simple payment mechanism (equal monthly instalments)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a straightforward federal funding law from the Great Depression era.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe Act authorizes the Commonwealth to pay **£1.5 million** (around $150 million in today's value) to the State of South Australia as financial assistance.\n\n**How it works:**\n*   The money comes from the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth's main bank account containing all federal revenue)\n*   The payment is split into **12 equal monthly instalments** over the financial year starting 1 July 1935\n\n**Who it affects:**\nPrimarily the South Australian state government, which received this funding to help manage state finances during economic hardship.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis represents a direct federal bailout to a state during the Great Depression, reflecting the Commonwealth's role in providing fiscal support to states facing financial stress."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/south-australia-grant-act-1935/documents"}}