{"id":"C1950A00024","name":"States Grants Act 1950","slug":"states-grants-act-1950","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"24 of 1950","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4496,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1950A00024-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1950","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 24 of 1950.\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 15th November, 1950.\\]\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 1950.\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 fifty, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Twelve million one hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds.\n\nAllocation of grants.\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.........................  | 5,332,000  |\n| Western Australia........................ | 5,839,000  |\n| Tasmania.............................     | 1,004,000  |\n|                                           | 12,175,000 |\n\nAppropriation.\n\n5. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund which is, to the necessary extent, hereby appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":907},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1950 legislation. The scope remains exactly as originally intended: a one-off financial assistance payment to the three specified states for the 1950-51 financial year. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with no subsections","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Unconditional single-year appropriation with no eligibility criteria or compliance requirements","Simple mathematical allocation table with no formulas or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises the federal government to give financial assistance (grants) to three Australian states: **South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Approves a total payment of **£12,175,000** (twelve million one hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds) for the financial year that started on 1 July 1950\n- Splits this money between the three states:\n  - South Australia: £5,332,000\n  - Western Australia: £5,839,000  \n  - Tasmania: £1,004,000\n- Takes the money from the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth's main bank account holding tax revenue and other income)\n\n**Who it affects:**\nThe three recipient states, which receive the funds to support their budgets. This was part of the system of federal financial assistance to states with smaller populations or economies.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIt formalises a specific year's worth of federal funding to these states, ensuring the payments are legally authorised and properly sourced from government revenue."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1950","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1950/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1950/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1950/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1950/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1950/documents"}}