{"id":"C2004A00059","name":"Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1973","slug":"territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"133 of 1973","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2710,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A00059-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1973","content":"Territory Authorities (Financial\n\nProvisions) Act 1973\n\nNo. 133 of 1973\n\nAN ACT\n\nRelating to Moneys Appropriated for the purposes of  \ncertain Authorities of the Territories.\n\n\\[Assented to 13 November 1973\\]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n    This Act may be cited as the Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1973.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nDefinition.\n\n3. In this Act, “prescribed authority of a Territory” means a body corporate that is incorporated for a public purpose by a law of a Territory and is declared by the regulations to be a body corporate in relation to which this Act applies.\n\nMoneys payable to authorities\n\n4. (1) Moneys appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of a body corporate that is a prescribed authority of a Territory are, subject to sub-section (2), payable to the body.\n\n(2) The Treasurer may give directions as to the amounts in which, and the times at which, the moneys are to be paid to the body.\n\nRegulations.\n\n5. The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of section 3.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1898},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1973 enactment establishing the financial provisions scheme. The text reflects the original scope of managing appropriations to Territory authorities, with no evidence of expansion beyond this initial purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections total","Single defined term ('prescribed authority of a Territory')","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple two-subsection operative provision with minimal conditional logic","Standard regulation-making power only"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act creates a simple federal funding regime for Territory government corporations: when Parliament appropriates money for a Territory body, the funds are payable to that body but the Treasurer can direct the timing and amounts of payments. Which Territory bodies are covered is set by Governor‑General regulations. It affects Territory authorities and gives the Commonwealth Treasurer cash‑flow oversight of federal payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973","history":"/api/acts/territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973/history","analysis":"/api/acts/territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/territory-authorities-financial-provisions-act-1973/documents"}}