{"id":"C1935A00043","name":"Western Australia Grant Act 1935","slug":"western-australia-grant-act-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"43 of 1935","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3725,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1935A00043-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Western Australia Grant Act 1935","content":"WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 43 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 Western Australia.\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 Western Australia Grant Act 1935.\n\nPayment for financial assistance to Western Australia.\n\n2. 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-five, the sum of Eight 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":1232},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of providing a specific one-year financial grant to Western Australia, with no expansion of scope beyond the initial £800,000 appropriation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no subsections","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple unconditional appropriation with straightforward payment mechanism","No compliance requirements, penalties, or regulatory burdens"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives **£800,000** (eight hundred thousand pounds) to Western Australia as financial assistance from the federal government.\n\n**Key details:**\n- **Who gets the money:** The State of Western Australia\n- **How much:** £800,000 total\n- **When:** During the financial year starting **1 July 1935** (spread across 12 months)\n- **How it's paid:** In equal monthly instalments\n- **Where the money comes from:** The **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the Commonwealth government's main bank account)\n\nThis was essentially a one-off budget boost for Western Australia during the Great Depression era, paid out in regular monthly chunks rather than as a single lump sum."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1935/documents"}}