{"id":"C1962A00020","name":"States Grants (Additional Assistance) Act 1962","slug":"states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1962","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4964,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1962A00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Additional Assistance) Act 1962","content":"STATES GRANTS (ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE).\n\nNo. 20 of 1962.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purpose of Additional Financial Assistance to the States.\n\n\\[Assented to 9th 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 (Additional Assistance) 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 States.\n\n3. There is payable to each State, 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 the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of the 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  \n\nTHE SCHEDULE. Section 3.\n\n—\n\n|                                                | £          |\n| ---------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| New South Wales.............................   | 2,240,000  |\n| Victoria...................................    | 1,800,000  |\n| Queensland.................................    | 3,340,000  |\n| South Australia..............................  | 970,000    |\n| Western Australia............................. | 660,000    |\n| Tasmania..................................     | 990,000    |\n|                                                | 10,000,000 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1437},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: making a single, one-off payment of additional assistance to states for the 1961-62 financial year. No amendments or expansions have altered this narrow appropriation scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no subsections","Zero defined terms or interpretation provisions","No conditional language, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation","Simple appropriation mechanism with unconditional payments","Clear tabular schedule specifying exact monetary amounts per jurisdiction"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the federal government to give a one-off cash payment of £10 million (pounds) to the six Australian states. For the financial year that started on 1 July 1961, each state receives a specific amount from the government's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund):\n\n- **Queensland**: £3,340,000 (the largest share)\n- **New South Wales**: £2,240,000\n- **Victoria**: £1,800,000\n- **Tasmania**: £990,000\n- **South Australia**: £970,000\n- **Western Australia**: £660,000\n\nThere are no conditions attached—this is simply additional financial help (sometimes called \"untied grants\") to support the states' budgets."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-additional-assistance-act-1962/documents"}}