{"id":"C2004A01423","name":"States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1975","slug":"states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"113 of 1975","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6253,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01423-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1975","content":"STATES GRANTS (SPECIAL ASSISTANCE)\n\nACT 1975\n\nNo. 113 of 1975\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 1975.\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.\n\n3\\. (1) Subject to this section, there is payable during the year that commenced on 1 July 1975, for the purpose of financial assistance—\n\n(a) to Queensland—the sum of $36,300,000; and\n\n(b) to South Australia—the sum of $2,500,000.\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 1974.\n\n(3) Payments for the purposes of sub-section (1) shall be made in such amounts and at such times as the Treasurer approves.\n\nPayments for the year 1976\\-77.\n\n4. The Treasurer may, during the period of 6 months commencing on 1 July 1976, make payments to Queensland, for the purposes of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $18,150,000.\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":831},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains precisely limited to its original purpose of making specific financial grants to Queensland and South Australia for the 1975-76 and 1976-77 financial years, with no expansion of scope or additional policy objectives."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections total","No definitions or interpretation section","Only one external cross-reference (to the 1974 Act)","Simple arithmetic condition (reduction by previous payments) in section 3(2)","No subordinate legislation or regulatory references"],"plain_english_summary":"The law authorises one-off federal grants to Queensland ($36.3m for 1975–76) and South Australia ($2.5m for 1975–76) to assist their budgets. Payments come from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and are reduced by any amounts already paid under the 1974 Act.\n\nThe Treasurer decides timing and instalments and may pay Queensland up to $18.15m in the first half of 1976–77. This is a temporary, specific funding measure rather than ongoing assistance."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-special-assistance-act-1975/documents"}}