{"id":"C1935A00044","name":"Tasmania Grant Act 1935","slug":"tasmania-grant-act-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"44 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3727,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00044-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tasmania Grant Act 1935","content":"TASMANIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 44 of 1935.\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 25th October, 1935.\\]\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 1935.\n\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-five, the sum of Four hundred and fifty 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":1998},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, time-bound appropriation Act with a specific purpose: authorising a single grant of £450,000 to Tasmania for FY1935-36. It has not expanded beyond its original scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no subsections or schedules","No definitions or interpretation section","Zero cross-references to other legislation","Single unconditional appropriation with straightforward payment terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or regulatory machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth Government to pay **£450,000** (four hundred and fifty thousand pounds) to the State of Tasmania as financial assistance for the financial year 1935–1936.\n\n*   **Source of funds:** The money comes from the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth’s main account for tax revenue and national income).\n*   **Payment method:** The amount is to be paid in **equal monthly instalments** throughout the year.\n*   **Purpose:** This is a direct grant from the federal government to Tasmania, reflecting historical federal-state financial arrangements where the Commonwealth provided specific assistance to states.\n\nIn essence, this is a short administrative law that approves a specific budget payment—similar to modern appropriation bills, just with pre-decimal currency and significantly fewer pages."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1935/documents"}}