{"id":"C1940A00066","name":"States Grants Act 1940","slug":"states-grants-act-1940","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"66 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3976,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940A00066-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1940","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 66 of 1940\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 16th December, 1940.\\]\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 1940.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nPayment for financial assistance to States.\n\n3. 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 forty, the sum of Two million and fifty thousand pounds.\n\n  \n\nAllocation of grant.\n\n4. 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........  | 1,000,000 |\n| Western Australia....... | 650,000   |\n| Tasmania............     | 400,000   |\n|                          | 2,050,000 |\n\nMethod of payment.\n\n5. The amount payable to any State under this Act shall be paid to that State in equal monthly instalments.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n6. 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":1435},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose: a one-time appropriation of specific sums to three designated states for the single financial year beginning July 1940. The scope has not expanded beyond this straightforward grant mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 short sections with no subsections or divisions","No definitions or interpretation provisions","Simple fixed-sum allocation with no formulae, conditions or discretionary elements","No cross-references to other Acts","Linear procedural structure with no exceptions, qualifications or triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to pay £2,050,000 (in pre-decimal currency) to three states—South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania—as financial assistance for the 1940-41 financial year.\n\n**Who gets what:**\n- **South Australia**: £1,000,000\n- **Western Australia**: £650,000\n- **Tasmania**: £400,000\n\n**How it works:**\nThe money is paid in equal monthly instalments throughout the year from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Commonwealth's main bank account for tax revenue). These are unconditional grants, meaning the states can spend the money according to their own priorities rather than on specific projects dictated by the federal government."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1940","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1940/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1940/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1940/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1940/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1940/documents"}}