{"id":"C1970A00119","name":"States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1970","slug":"states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"119 of 1970","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5611,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1970A00119-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1970","content":"States Grants (Special Assistance)\n\nNo. 119 of 1970\n\nAn Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States of South Australia and Tasmania.\n\n\\[Assented to 11 November 1970\\]\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.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1970.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n  \nPayment of financial assistance to South Australia and Tasmania.\n\n3.—(1.) Subject to this section, there is payable during the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, for the purpose of financial assistance—\n\n(a) to the State of South Australia—the sum of Five million dollars; and\n\n(b) to the State of Tasmania—the sum of Thirteen million six hundred and eighty thousand dollars.\n\n(2.) The sum payable to the State of Tasmania under the last preceding sub-section shall be reduced by the sum of any amounts paid to that State under section 4 of the Tasmania Grant Act 1969.\n\nAdvances for year 1971–72.\n\n4. The Treasurer may, during the period of six months commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, make advances to the State of South Australia or the State of Tasmania, for the purpose of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the whole a sum equal to one-half of the amount specified in the last preceding section in relation to that State.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n5. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2847},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of providing specific, time-limited financial assistance to South Australia and Tasmania as stated in the long title. No expansion beyond the original two-state scope or extension of the temporal limits is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections","No definitions section or technical legal terminology","Simple arithmetic calculation (one subtraction clause for Tasmania)","Single-year temporal scope with no ongoing obligations","Direct appropriation without conditions or reporting requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides one-off financial grants to two Australian states facing budget pressures in 1970. **South Australia** receives **$5 million**, while **Tasmania** receives **$13.68 million** for the financial year starting 1 July 1970.\n\nThe money comes from the federal government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (Australia’s main bank account for government spending).\n\n**Key details:**\n* **Tasmania’s payment is reduced** if it already received money under the 1969 Tasmania Grant Act — this prevents double-dipping.\n* **Early payments allowed**: In the first six months of the next financial year (July–December 1971), the Treasurer can pay up to half of these amounts in advance if needed.\n* The Act operates for a single year and then expires."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1970/documents"}}