{"id":"C1949A00068","name":"States Grants Act (No. 2) 1949","slug":"states-grants-act-no-2-1949","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"68 of 1949","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4391,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1949A00068-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants Act (No. 2) 1949","content":"STATES GRANTS (No. 2).\n\nNo. 68 of 1949.\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 28th October, 1949.\\]\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 (No. 2) 1949.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n  \n\nPayment of financial assistance to States.\n\n3. There shall be 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 forty-nine, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Eleven million and fifty-four thousand pounds.\n\nAllocation of grant.\n\n4. The amount payable to each State under this Act shall be the amount shown in the following table opposite the name of that State:—\n\n|                                               | £          |\n| --------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| South Australia.............................. | 4,174,000  |\n| Western Australia............................ | 5,618,000  |\n| Tasmania..................................    | 1,262,000  |\n|                                               | 11,054,000 |\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":2503},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1949 Act. The legislation remains tightly focused on its stated purpose of making a specific one-year financial grant to the three named states, with no evidence of expansion beyond the original appropriation intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with no subsections","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple unconditional obligation with no exceptions, conditions precedent, or administrative machinery","Straightforward arithmetic allocation (fixed sums adding to a stated total)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises a one‑year federal grant of £11,054,000 (1949–50) from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to provide financial assistance to three states: South Australia (£4,174,000), Western Australia (£5,618,000) and Tasmania (£1,262,000). It creates legal authority for the transfers, intended to support state services, and imposes no spending conditions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-no-2-1949","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-no-2-1949/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-no-2-1949/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-no-2-1949/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-no-2-1949/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-act-no-2-1949/documents"}}