{"id":"C1949A00017","name":"States Grants Act 1949","slug":"states-grants-act-1949","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"17 of 1949","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4327,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1949A00017-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1949","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 17 of 1949.\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 and Tasmania.\n\n\\[Assented to 29th June, 1949.\\]\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 1949.\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 of South Australia and Tasmania.\n\n3. There shall be payable to the States of South 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 sums of Six hundred thousand pounds and One hundred thousand pounds, respectively, in addition to the amount payable to each of those States under the States Grants Act 1948.\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":1984},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains strictly limited to its original purpose of making specific financial grants to two states. There is no evidence of scope expansion or legislative creep beyond the simple appropriation mechanism described in the title and preamble."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no definitions, interpretation provisions, or schedules","Simple appropriation of fixed monetary amounts to specifically named beneficiaries (South Australia and Tasmania)","No conditional logic, exceptions, regulatory mechanisms, or compliance requirements","Single cross-reference to previous legislation (States Grants Act 1948) with no intricate statutory machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises a one-off payment of **£600,000 to South Australia and £100,000 to Tasmania** as financial assistance for the year that began on 1 July 1948. The money comes from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Commonwealth's main bank account) and is paid **in addition to** any grants those states received under the previous year's legislation.\n\nIn essence, this is a simple \"top-up\" payment to two state governments. During the 1940s, the federal government regularly provided direct budget support to states facing economic difficulties. Unlike modern funding agreements with complex rules and reporting requirements, this Act simply hands over fixed cash amounts to the named states with no conditions, eligibility tests, or application processes attached.\n\nThe Act is time-specific, covering the 1948–49 financial year, and received Royal Assent in June 1949—meaning it effectively authorised retrospective payments for a year already nearly completed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1949","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1949/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1949/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1949/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1949/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1949/documents"}}