{"id":"C1955A00046","name":"States Grants Act 1955","slug":"states-grants-act-1955","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"46 of 1955","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4636,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1955A00046-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1955","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 46 of 1955.\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 2nd November, 1955.\\]\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 1955.\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, during the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, to a State specified in the Schedule to this Act, for the purpose of financial assistance, the amount specified in that Schedule opposite to the name of that State.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.\n\n  \nTHE SCHEDULE. Section 3.\n\n|                                            | £          |\n| ------------------------------------------ | ---------- |\n| South Australia........................... | 5,400,000  |\n| Western Australia......................... | 8,900,000  |\n| Tasmania...............................    | 4,200,000  |\n|                                            | 18,500,000 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1976},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow purpose of appropriating specific fixed sums to three named states for a single financial year, with no expansion of scope beyond this straightforward transfer payment mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections plus a Schedule","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple unconditional appropriation with fixed monetary amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or regulatory provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to make **one-off financial assistance payments** to three specific states—South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania—from the national budget (the Consolidated Revenue Fund).\n\nThe legislation specifies exact amounts to be paid during the 1955–56 financial year:\n* **South Australia**: £5,400,000\n* **Western Australia**: £8,900,000\n* **Tasmania**: £4,200,000\n\nThese payments were designed to assist states with smaller populations or limited revenue bases. The Act operates as a simple appropriation (money bill), creating a legal authority to draw the specified sums from federal revenue and transfer them to the state governments. Once the payments are made for that financial year, the Act effectively exhausts its operation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1955","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1955/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1955/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1955/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1955/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1955/documents"}}