{"id":"C1931A00020","name":"Western Australia Grant Act 1931","slug":"western-australia-grant-act-1931","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1931","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3558,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1931A00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Western Australia Grant Act 1931","content":"WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 20 of 1931.\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 Western Australia.\n\n\\[Assented to 7th August, 1931.\\]\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 Western Australia Grant Act 1931.\n\n  \nPayment for financial assistance to Western Australia.\n\n2. Subject to this Act, there shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of Western Australia during the year commencing on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, the sum of Three 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":1615},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose: a single-year, fixed-sum grant to Western Australia. There are no expanded regulatory powers, ongoing schemes, or additional conditions that would extend beyond this specific financial assistance payment."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no subsections","Zero defined terms or interpretation provisions","No cross-references to other Acts","Simple unconditional appropriation without exceptions","Linear structure: set amount, specify payment method, specify funding source"],"plain_english_summary":"This short 1931–32 budget Act authorises the Commonwealth to pay Western Australia £300,000 from consolidated revenue, delivered as twelve monthly instalments, to help meet state expenses during the Great Depression. It affects WA (the recipient) and Commonwealth taxpayers (the source) and reflects an emergency federal transfer to relieve a financially strained state."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1931","history":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1931/history","analysis":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1931/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1931/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1931/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1931/documents"}}