{"id":"C1948A00059","name":"States Grants Act 1948","slug":"states-grants-act-1948","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"59 of 1948","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4438,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1948A00059-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1948","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 59 of 1948.\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 6th December, 1948.\\]\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 1948.\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-eight, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Six million seven hundred 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....................  | 2,250,000 |\n| Western Australia................... | 3,600,000 |\n| Tasmania........................     | 900,000   |\n|                                      | 6,750,000 |\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":2650},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: a specific, one-year appropriation of £6.75 million to three named states in 1948. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the single financial year specified."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple arithmetic allocation of funds","No conditional provisions, exceptions, or regulatory mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Federal Government to pay **£6.75 million** to three states — South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania — as financial assistance for the year 1948–49.\n\n**Key points:**\n*   **Who gets what:** Western Australia receives the largest share (£3.6 million), followed by South Australia (£2.25 million) and Tasmania (£900,000).\n*   **Where the money comes from:** The payments come from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Commonwealth’s main bank account).\n*   **Time limit:** The assistance applies specifically to the financial year starting 1 July 1948.\n\nThis was a one-off grant to support these particular states, which historically relied on Commonwealth financial assistance due to lower revenue-raising capacity compared to other states."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1948","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1948/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1948/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1948/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1948/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1948/documents"}}