{"id":"C1945A00053","name":"States Grants Act 1945","slug":"states-grants-act-1945","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"53 of 1945","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22242,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1945A00053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1945","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 53 of 1945.\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 11th October, 1945.\\]\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 1945.\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 States.\n\n3. There shall be payable to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Two million nine hundred and ninety-six 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.....................  | 1,400,000 |\n| Western Australia.................... | 950,000   |\n| Tasmania.........................     | 646,000   |\n|                                       | 2,996,000 |\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":1540},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope of authorising specific, one-time financial grants to three named States for a single financial year. There is no expansion beyond the original appropriation purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 short sections with no subsections","No definitions section or technical terms requiring interpretation","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple allocation via a single table with fixed amounts","Linear structure with no conditions, exceptions, or procedural hurdles"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth to pay £2,996,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to South Australia (£1,400,000), Western Australia (£950,000) and Tasmania (£646,000) as a one‑off financial assistance grant for the 1945–46 year, delivered in equal monthly instalments. \n\nIt implements targeted fiscal equalisation to help smaller states fund services (schools, hospitals, roads) by appropriating the specific lump sums agreed in the federal budget."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1945","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1945/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1945/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1945/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1945/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1945/documents"}}