{"id":"C1951A00033","name":"States Grants Act 1951","slug":"states-grants-act-1951","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"33 of 1951","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4530,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1951A00033-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1951","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 33 of 1951.\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 24th November, 1951.\\]\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 1951.\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 is 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-one, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Ten million five hundred and twenty-two thousand pounds.\n\nAllocation of grant.\n\n4. The amount payable to each State under this Act is the amount shown in the following table opposite the name of that State:—\n\n|                                                 | £          |\n| ----------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| South Australia................................ | 4,558,000  |\n| Western Australia.............................. | 5,088,000  |\n| Tasmania....................................    | 876,000    |\n|                                                 | 10,522,000 |\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":1825},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of providing a specific financial assistance grant to the three named states for the 1951-52 financial year, with no expansion of scope beyond the appropriation function described in the title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections with no interpretation provisions","No defined terms or technical legal jargon","Simple fixed-sum allocation table with no conditional formulae or calculations","No cross-references to other legislation","No exceptions, exemptions, or regulatory mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act gives federal money to three Australian states—**South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania**—to help them fund public services during the 1951-52 financial year.\n\n**The money**\n- **Total**: £10,522,000 (ten and a half million pounds)\n- **South Australia**: £4,558,000\n- **Western Australia**: £5,088,000\n- **Tasmania**: £876,000\n\n**Where it comes from**\nThe cash is paid from the *Consolidated Revenue Fund*—the Commonwealth government’s main bank account, fed by taxes and national revenue.\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis is part of Australia’s system of *horizontal fiscal equalisation* (sharing the wealth). Smaller states with smaller tax bases receive top-up grants from Canberra so they can provide similar standards of hospitals, schools, and roads to their bigger neighbours (like New South Wales and Victoria) without overburdening local taxpayers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1951","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1951/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1951/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1951/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1951/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1951/documents"}}