{"id":"C1934A00037","name":"Tasmania Grant Act 1934","slug":"tasmania-grant-act-1934","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"37 of 1934","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3681,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1934A00037-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tasmania Grant Act 1934","content":"TASMANIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 37 of 1934.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the State of Tasmania.\n\n\\[Assented to 4th August, 1934.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Tasmania Grant Act 1934.\n\n  \nPayment for financial assistance to Tasmania.\n\n2. There shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of Tasmania, during the year commencing on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the sum of Four hundred thousand pounds.\n\nMethod of payment.\n\n3. The amount payable under this Act shall be paid in equal monthly instalments.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1274},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains confined to its original narrow purpose: a specific one-year appropriation for Tasmania. There is no evidence of scope creep, additional policy objects, or expanded administrative powers beyond the initial grant mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections with no subsections","No defined terms or dictionary section","Zero cross-references to other Acts","No conditions, exceptions, or regulatory powers","Simple appropriation formula with fixed amount and payment schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises a one-time federal payment of £400,000 to Tasmania to help balance the state's budget during the 1934–35 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **The payment:** Transfers £400,000 from the Commonwealth to Tasmania as 'financial assistance' (essentially a grant to support state finances during the Great Depression)\n- **Timing:** Paid in 12 equal monthly instalments throughout the year starting 1 July 1934\n- **Source:** The money comes from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a classic example of 'Section 96 grants' — federal funding to states with no strings attached. During the 1930s Depression, many states faced bankruptcy, and the Commonwealth regularly passed short Acts like this to keep essential services running until Tasmania's economy recovered."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1934","history":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1934/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1934/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1934/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1934/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1934/documents"}}