{"id":"C2004A00165","name":"States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1974","slug":"states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"107 of 1974","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31113,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A00165-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1974","content":"STATES GRANTS (SPECIAL ASSISTANCE)\n\nACT 1974\n\nNo. 107 of 1974\n\nAn Act to grant Financial Assistance to Queensland and South Australia.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1974.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nPayment of financial assistance to a State.\n\n3. (1) Subject to this section, there is payable during the year that commenced on 1 July 1974, for the purpose of financial assistance—\n\n(a) to Queensland—the sum of $24,750,000; and\n\n(b) to South Australia—the sum of $23,500,000.\n\n(2) A sum payable to a State referred to in sub-section (1) shall be reduced by the sum of any amounts paid to that State under section 4 of the States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1973.\n\n(3) Payments for the purposes of this sub-section shall be made in such amounts and at such times at the Treasurer determines.\n\nPayments for the year 1975-76.\n\n4. The Treasurer may, during the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1975, make payments to a State referred to in sub-section 3(1), for the purposes of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the whole a sum equal to one-half of the amount specified in that sub­section 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":1654},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its stated purpose of providing specific financial assistance grants to Queensland and South Australia for the designated period, with no expansion beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple arithmetic calculations (fixed sums and half-rates)","Single cross-reference to the 1973 predecessor Act","Straightforward administrative mechanism with minimal conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"This law provides one‑off federal grants to Queensland ($24.75m) and South Australia ($23.5m) for 1974–75, reduced if they already received 1973 Special Assistance payments, and funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. \n\nThe Treasurer can also make additional discretionary payments in the first half of 1975–76 up to half those amounts. It targets state finances, acting as short‑term relief or a bridge while longer‑term arrangements were settled."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1974/documents"}}