{"id":"C1954A00056","name":"States Grants Act 1954","slug":"states-grants-act-1954","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"56 of 1954","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":14758,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1954A00056-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1954","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 56 of 1954.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purpose of Financial Assistance to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.\n\n\\[Assented to 6th November, 1954.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’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 1954.\n\n  \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-four, for the purpose of financial assistance, the sum of Twelve million three hundred 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 to the name of that State:—\n\n|                                           | £          |\n| ----------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| South Australia.........................  | 2,250,000  |\n| Western Australia........................ | 7,450,000  |\n| Tasmania.............................     | 2,600,000  |\n|                                           | 12,300,000 |\n\nAppropriation.\n\n5. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1446},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow scope of appropriating specific 1954-55 financial assistance grants to the three designated States. There is no expansion beyond the initial purpose stated in the long title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with no subsections","No definitions or technical legal terms requiring interpretation","Simple payment table with fixed amounts and no conditional logic","No cross-references to other Acts or complex legislative machinery","Single, unambiguous purpose: appropriating a specific sum for a specific year"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act authorises a one‑off £12.3 million payment from the Commonwealth Consolidated Revenue Fund for 1954–55 as general financial assistance to three states. It directs £7,450,000 to Western Australia, £2,600,000 to Tasmania and £2,250,000 to South Australia to help meet their public service and budgetary needs, with no specified spending conditions in the statute."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1954","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1954/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1954/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1954/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1954/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1954/documents"}}