{"id":"C1937A00013","name":"States' Grants Act 1937","slug":"states-grants-act-1937","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"13 of 1937","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3861,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1937A00013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States' Grants Act 1937","content":"STATES’ GRANTS.\n\nNo. 13 of 1937.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.\n\n\\[Assented to 3rd September, 1937.\\]\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 1937.\n\nPayment for financial assistance to States.\n\n2. There shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, the sum of Two million three hundred and fifty thousand pounds.\n\nAllocation of grant.\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| South Australia................................ | 1,200,000 |\n| Western Australia.............................. | 575,000   |\n| Tasmania....................................    | 575,000   |\n|                                                 | 2,350,000 |\n\nMethod of payment.\n\n4. The amount payable to any State under this Act shall be paid to that State in equal monthly instalments.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n5. 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":1346},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains confined to its original narrow purpose of making a specific one-year financial grant to three designated States, with no expansion of scope beyond the initial appropriation."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward appropriation of fixed monetary amounts with no formulae or calculations required","No definitions section, interpretation provisions, or legal jargon","No conditional provisions, exceptions, exceptions-to-exceptions, or discretionary decision-making powers","No cross-references to other legislation","Linear structure with only 5 short sections covering a single, specific purpose"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to pay £2.35 million (in 1937 currency) to three specific States—**South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania**—as financial assistance for the year starting 1 July 1937.\n\n**Who gets what**\n\nThe money is divided as follows:\n- **South Australia**: £1,200,000\n- **Western Australia**: £575,000  \n- **Tasmania**: £575,000\n\n**How it works**\n- The funds are paid in **equal monthly instalments** over the year\n- The money comes from the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth's main government bank account)\n- This is a **one-off grant** for the 1937-38 financial year only—once the year ends, the Act has no further effect\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis legislation represents a direct cash transfer from the Commonwealth to support smaller or less economically prosperous States during the Great Depression era. Unlike modern ongoing funding arrangements, this required fresh legislation each year to continue payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1937","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1937/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1937/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1937/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1937/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1937/documents"}}