{"id":"C1967A00008","name":"States Grants (Science Laboratories) Act 1967","slug":"states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1967","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5136,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1967A00008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Science Laboratories) Act 1967","content":"States Grants (Science Laboratories)\n\nNo. 8 of 1967\n\nAn Act to amend the States Grants (Science Laboratories) Act 1965–1966.\n\n\\[Assented to 19 April 1967\\]\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 (Science Laboratories) Act 1967.\n\n(2.) The States Grants (Science Laboratories) Act 1965–1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Science Laboratories) Act 1965–1967.\n\n  \n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven.\n\nThe Schedule.\n\n3. The Schedule to the States Grants (Science Laboratories) Act 1965–1966 is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—\n\nTHE SCHEDULE Section 4(2.).\n\nLIMIT OF GRANTS\n\n|                                         | $          |\n| --------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| New South Wales......................   | 12,125,200 |\n| Victoria............................    | 9,151,600  |\n| Queensland..........................    | 4,690,800  |\n| South Australia.......................  | 3,022,200  |\n| Western Australia...................... | 2,313,400  |\n| Tasmania...........................     | 1,082,200  |\n|                                         | 32,385,400 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1651},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act maintains the original purpose of the 1965 legislation (providing federal grants to states for school science laboratories). It merely updates the dollar amounts in the funding schedule without expanding the scope or introducing new policy objectives."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (short title, commencement, and schedule amendment)","Single purpose: updating monetary limits in a tabular format","No definitions, conditional logic, or nested exceptions","No cross-references except standard citation provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This law updates the amount of federal money available to Australian states for building science laboratories in schools.\n\n**The details:**\n- It replaces the previous list of funding limits with new dollar amounts for each state, effective from 1 July 1967\n- **Total available:** $32.4 million to be shared among the six states\n- **Distribution:** New South Wales receives the most ($12.1 million), followed by Victoria ($9.2 million), with Tasmania receiving the smallest allocation ($1.1 million)\n\n**Why it matters:** This continues a program to improve science education in secondary schools by ensuring states know exactly how much Commonwealth funding they can claim for laboratory construction and equipment."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-science-laboratories-act-1967/documents"}}