{"id":"C1962A00016","name":"States Grants Act 1962","slug":"states-grants-act-1962","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"16 of 1962","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4952,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1962A00016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act 1962","content":"STATES GRANTS.\n\nNo. 16 of 1962.\n\nAn Act to grant Financial Assistance to certain States.\n\n\\[Assented to 6th April, 1962.\\]\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 1962.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nFinancial assistance to certain States.\n\n3.—(1.) There is payable to each State the name of which is specified in the Schedule to this Act, during the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, for the purpose of financial assistance, the amount specified in that Schedule opposite to the name of the State.\n\n(2.) Payments in accordance with the last preceding sub\\-section shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.\n\n  \n\nVariation of grant to Victoria.\n\n4. In the application of sub-section (2.) of section five of the States Grants Act 1959 in relation to the State of Victoria in relation to the financial year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two, the grant payable under that section to that State during the financial year preceding that financial year shall be deemed to be Seventy-two million seven hundred and thirty thousand pounds.\n\nSection 3. THE SCHEDULE.\n\n—\n\n|                                         | £         |\n| --------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| Victoria.............................   | 1,024,000 |\n| Western Australia...................... | 339,000   |\n| Tasmania............................    | 97,000    |\n|                                         | 1,460,000 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1244},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope of appropriating specific grant amounts to three States and making a technical adjustment to Victoria's future grant calculations. No expansion beyond the original financial assistance purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short statute with only 4 operative sections","No definitions section or interpretive provisions","Simple payment schedule in tabular format with fixed amounts","Only one cross-reference to prior legislation (States Grants Act 1959)","Unconditional appropriation with no exceptions, contingencies, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides **one-off cash grants** to three Australian States for the 1961-62 financial year.\n\n**Who gets what:**\n- **Victoria**: £1,024,000\n- **Western Australia**: £339,000\n- **Tasmania**: £97,000\n\n**Total**: £1,460,000 (paid from the federal government's Consolidated Revenue Fund).\n\n**Secondary adjustment:**\nThe Act also fixes a technical calculation for Victoria's grant in the *next* financial year (1962-63). When working out Victoria's 1962-63 grant under the *States Grants Act 1959*, the previous year's grant is deemed to be **£72,730,000** (instead of the actual amount paid). This ensures the formula in the earlier Act produces the correct baseline for Victoria's future payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1962","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1962/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1962/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1962/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1962/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-1962/documents"}}