{"id":"C1956A00107","name":"States Grants Act 1956","slug":"states-grants-act-1956","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"107 of 1956","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4908,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1956A00107-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1956","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 107 of 1956.\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 15th November, 1956.\\]\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 1956.\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-six, 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\nTHE SCHEDULE. Section 3.\n\n|                                                     | £          |\n| --------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| South Australia.................................... | 5,800,000  |\n| Western Australia.................................. | 9,200,000  |\n| Tasmania........................................    | 3,500,000  |\n|                                                     | 18,500,000 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1631},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1956 enactment. The scope is exactly as intended: a time-limited, specific appropriation for three named states for the single financial year 1956-57."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections plus a simple schedule","No interpretation section or defined terms","Single, unconditional appropriation mechanism","No cross-references to other legislation","Straightforward tabular data with no calculations or formulas"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to make **specific cash payments** to three Australian states during the 1956-57 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Appropriates **£18.5 million** (in pre-decimal pounds) from the federal budget to distribute as \"financial assistance\"\n- Payments are split between:\n  - **South Australia**: £5.8 million\n  - **Western Australia**: £9.2 million\n  - **Tasmania**: £3.5 million\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis represents the old method of federal-state funding before modern systems like the GST (Goods and Services Tax). Instead of states raising all their own revenue, the Commonwealth would pass specific laws to share surplus national revenue with states that needed help balancing their budgets. This Act simply opens the federal purse for these three states for one specific year, after which the authority expires."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1956","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1956/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1956/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1956/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1956/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1956/documents"}}