{"id":"C1943A00025","name":"Tasmania Grant Act 1943","slug":"tasmania-grant-act-1943","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"25 of 1943","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4276,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1943A00025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tasmania Grant Act 1943","content":"TASMANIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 25 of 1943.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purpose of Financial Assistance to the State of Tasmania.\n\n\\[Assented to 29th June, 1943.\\]\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 1943.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n  \n\nPayment for financial assistance to State of Tasmania.\n\n3. There shall be payable to the State of Tasmania, in respect of the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-two, for the purposes of financial assistance, in addition to the sum granted by the States Grants Act 1942, the sum of Two hundred thousand pounds.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. Payment 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":1410},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains exactly what it purports to be: a simple, one-off grant of £200,000 to Tasmania. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of providing financial assistance for the specified year."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections total","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other Acts (except a brief reference to the States Grants Act 1942)","Single, straightforward appropriation mechanism with no administrative requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\nThis Act authorises a one-off payment of £200,000 to the State of Tasmania as extra financial assistance for the 1942-43 financial year. This money is on top of grants already provided under the *States Grants Act 1942*.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- **Tasmania**: Receives the funds to support its budget.\n- **The Commonwealth**: Must pay the money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account).\n\n**Why it matters**\nDuring World War II, this additional funding helped Tasmania meet its state expenses at a time when wartime pressures were straining state budgets. The Act is a straightforward \"money bill\" — it simply opens the federal purse for a specific grant to one state."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1943","history":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1943/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1943/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1943/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1943/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-act-1943/documents"}}