{"id":"C1972A00109","name":"States Grants (Independent Schools) Act (No. 2) 1972","slug":"states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"109 of 1972","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2489,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1972A00109-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Independent Schools) Act (No. 2) 1972","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nStates Grants (Independent Schools) (No. 2)\n\nNo. 109 of 1972\n\nAn Act to amend the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1969, as amended by the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1972.\n\n[Assented to 31 October 1972]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act (No. 2) 1972.\n\n(2.) Section 1 of the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1972 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).\n\n(3.) The States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1969, as amended by the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1972 and by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1969–1972.\n\n\n\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nGrants to States.\n\n3. Section 3 of the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1969, as amended by the States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1972, is amended by omitting from sub-section (1a.) the words “each year, not being a year referred to in the last preceding sub-section” and inserting in their stead the words “the year One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two”.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act appears to be a narrow, purpose-built grants instrument consistent with its original intent — to provide Commonwealth financial assistance to states for independent schools. As a supplementary (No. 2) Act, it likely extends or tops up funding under an earlier 1972 Act without broadening the underlying policy purpose. There is no indication the scope has drifted from its original function as a straightforward federal education funding mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Very short Act with minimal legislative content — essentially a funding appropriation instrument","Limited or no defined terms section required given the narrow subject matter","No complex conditional logic or nested exceptions evident","Straightforward federal-to-state grants mechanism with little regulatory machinery","No cross-referencing to a large body of other legislation","The '(No. 2)' structure suggests it mirrors a parent Act, adding minimal new complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"The States Grants (Independent Schools) Act (No. 2) 1972 authorises the Commonwealth to pay grants to states to fund independent (non‑government) schools, with states responsible for distributing those funds. \n\nIts significance is that it marks a federal expansion into financing non‑government education—supplementing an earlier 1972 Act—and represents a narrow appropriation law that shifted part of school funding away from exclusive state responsibility."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2362},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The amendment significantly narrows the temporal scope. The original provision in section 3(1a) applied to 'each year, not being a year referred to in the last preceding sub-section' (suggesting an ongoing or rolling multi-year arrangement). The amendment restricts this to only 'the year One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two', converting a potentially enduring program into a single-year specific appropriation."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute (only 3 operative sections)","Requires cross-referencing with the principal Act (States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1969) and the earlier 1972 amendment to understand the textual substitution","Temporal scope narrowed from 'each year' to single specific year via simple word replacement"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does**\n\nThis is a short technical amendment to the Commonwealth funding arrangement for independent schools. It restricts grants to the States so they **only apply to the year 1972**, removing broader ongoing coverage.\n\n**The key change**\n\n* **Narrowed timeframe:** The previous wording allowed grants for \"each year\" not already covered by earlier provisions (implying a continuing or multi-year arrangement). This Act replaces that with specific reference to \"the year One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two\", effectively making it a one-off payment for that year only.\n\n**Other housekeeping**\n\n* **Citation updates:** The Act tidies up how the series of legislation is named, allowing the 1969 Act (as amended by both 1972 Acts) to be cited as the *States Grants (Independent Schools) Act 1969–1972*.\n* **Removes redundant provision:** It deletes a subsection from the earlier 1972 amendment Act that dealt with citation.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\nState governments receiving Commonwealth grants for independent schools, and the independent schools that benefit from that funding.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis appears to be a transitional or budgetary measure—either winding down this specific grant program after 1972 or preparing to replace it with a different funding model."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-independent-schools-act-no-2-1972/documents"}}