{"id":"C2004A01779","name":"Tasmania Grant (The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited) Act 1977","slug":"tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"141 of 1977","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6572,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01779-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tasmania Grant (The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited) Act 1977","content":"TASMANIA GRANT (THE MOUNT LYELL MINING AND RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED) ACT 1977\n\nNo. 141 of 1977\n\nAn Act to grant financial assistance to Tasmania in relation to The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Tasmania Grant (The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited) Act 1977.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nApproval of execution of agreements\n\n3. Approval is given to the execution, on behalf of the Commonwealth, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, of an agreement or agreements between the Commonwealth and Tasmania for the payment by the Commonwealth to Tasmania of amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one-half of the sum of any payments made by Tasmania to The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Limited for the purpose of assisting the continuation of the operation of that Company’s mine at Mount Lyell in Tasmania from 15 August 1977 to a date not later than 30 June 1978.\n\nPayments and advances under agreements\n\n4. (1) Any payments (including advances) by the Commonwealth to Tasmania that are provided for in any agreement referred to in section 3 may be made to Tasmania, by way of financial assistance, on the terms and conditions contained in the agreement.\n\n(2) The payments (including advances) referred to in sub-section (1) may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.\n\n![](image.001.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1916},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains confined to its original narrow purpose: providing time-limited financial assistance (limited to the period 15 August 1977 to 30 June 1978) for a specific mining company. It has not expanded beyond its initial scope as a one-off, historical grant."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no sub-divisions","No definitions or interpretation section","Single, specific purpose with clear quantitative limits (50% cap) and temporal bounds","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple appropriation mechanism without conditional triggers beyond the agreement terms"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises a one‑off federal rescue: if Tasmania funds The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company’s operations between 15 August 1977 and 30 June 1978, the Commonwealth will reimburse up to half those costs from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It’s a targeted federal‑state bailout intended to keep the mine open, protect local jobs, and avert an immediate shutdown during that financial period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977","history":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tasmania-grant-the-mount-lyell-mining-and-railway-company-limited-act-1977/documents"}}