{"id":"C1960A00016","name":"State Grant (Special Assistance to South Australia) Act 1960","slug":"state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"16 of 1960","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28778,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1960A00016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"State Grant (Special Assistance to South Australia) Act 1960","content":"STATE GRANT (SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA).\n\nNo. 16 of 1960.\n\nAn Act to grant Financial Assistance to the State of South Australia.\n\n\\[Assented to 17th May, 1960.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’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 State Grant (Special Assistance to South Australia) Act 1960.\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 State of South Australia.\n\n3. There is payable, during the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, to the State of South Australia, for the purpose of financial assistance, in addition to the amount payable to that State under the States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1959, the amount of One million and twenty-seven thousand pounds.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. 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":1335},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains precisely limited to its original purpose as described in the title and preamble: a specific one-off appropriation for South Australia. It has not expanded beyond the single financial grant."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no subdivisions","Zero defined terms or interpretation clauses","Single, unconditional monetary obligation with no compliance requirements","Only one external reference (to the States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1959)","No procedural machinery, exceptions, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does**\n\nThis legislation authorises a one-off payment of **£1,027,000** (just over one million pounds) from the federal government to the State of South Australia.\n\n**Key details**\n\n*   **Who gets the money:** South Australia\n*   **How much:** £1,027,000\n*   **When:** For the financial year that started on 1 July 1959 (even though the Act itself was passed in 1960)\n*   **What it's for:** General financial assistance—helping the state pay for services and infrastructure\n*   **Where the money comes from:** The Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Commonwealth government's main bank account, which holds tax revenue)\n\n**Context**\n\nThis payment was additional to other funding South Australia already received under a similar 1959 Act. Essentially, the federal government decided South Australia needed extra financial help for that particular year, and this Act makes that money legally available to be paid."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960","history":"/api/acts/state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-grant-special-assistance-to-south-australia-act-1960/documents"}}