{"id":"C1936A00054","name":"States' Grants Act 1936","slug":"states-grants-act-1936","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"54 of 1936","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3826,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1936A00054-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States' Grants Act 1936","content":"STATES’ GRANTS.\n\nNo. 54 of 1936.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States of the Commonwealth.\n\n\\[Assented to 23rd November, 1936.\\]\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 States' Grants Act 1936.\n\nPayment of financial assistance to the States.\n\n2. There shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, the sum of Five hundred thousand pounds.\n\nAllocation of grants.\n\n3. The amount payable to each State under this Act shall be the amount shown in the following table opposite the name of that State:—\n\n|                                     | £       |\n| ----------------------------------- | ------- |\n| New South Wales..................   | 197,000 |\n| Victoria.........................   | 137,000 |\n| Queensland.......................   | 72,000  |\n| South Australia.................... | 44,000  |\n| Western Australia.................. | 33,000  |\n| Tasmania........................    | 17,000  |\n|                                     | 500,000 |\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":3547},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1936 Act. It appropriates exactly the £500,000 amount for exactly the purpose stated in the long title—financial assistance to States for the 1936-37 year. The scope is tightly constrained to this specific one-year grant with no expansion beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections with no subsections, schedules, or divisions","No defined terms or interpretation section","Fixed monetary amounts requiring no calculation or formula","No conditions, exceptions, or triggers—payment is automatic upon enactment","Single purpose appropriation with straightforward administrative mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"A one‑year federal funding Act authorising a £500,000 transfer from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to provide unconditional financial assistance to Australia’s six states for the 1936–37 year. \n\nIt implements a straightforward grant distribution (largest share to New South Wales, smallest to Tasmania), addressing vertical fiscal imbalance by giving states funds to support services like schools, hospitals and railways."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1936","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1936/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1936/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1936/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1936/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1936/documents"}}