sec.213Allocating Commonwealth funding

### sec.213 Allocating Commonwealth funding The grants commission is a body that is created under the Local Government Act to perform the responsibilities of a Local Government Grants Commission under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act . Under section 228 (2) of the Local Government Act , the grants commission and the Minister must comply with the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act . The Minister must not distribute to the council an amount equal to notional GST if the council has not paid the notional GST. Notional GST is an amount that a local government may pay under the GST and Related Matters Act 2000 , section 5 . The Minister must table in the Legislative Assembly the grants commission’s recommendations about the allocation of funding to the council. (sec.213-ssec.1) The grants commission is a body that is created under the Local Government Act to perform the responsibilities of a Local Government Grants Commission under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act . Under section 228 (2) of the Local Government Act , the grants commission and the Minister must comply with the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act . (sec.213-ssec.2) The Minister must not distribute to the council an amount equal to notional GST if the council has not paid the notional GST. (sec.213-ssec.3) Notional GST is an amount that a local government may pay under the GST and Related Matters Act 2000 , section 5 . (sec.213-ssec.4) The Minister must table in the Legislative Assembly the grants commission’s recommendations about the allocation of funding to the council.