Commonwealth act

South Australia Grant Act 1933

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

70 of 1933

Collection

act

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This Act authorizes the federal government to pay £1,150,000 (over one million pounds) to South Australia as financial assistance during the 1933-34 financial year.

The money comes from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account) and is paid in equal monthly instalments over the year.

Why this matters: Passed during the Great Depression, this legislation provided emergency federal funding to help South Australia deliver essential services and unemployment relief at a time of severe economic crisis. It represents direct Commonwealth support to a state government facing financial distress.

Key details:

Who pays: Commonwealth of Australia
Who receives: State of South Australia
Amount: £1,150,000
When: 1 July 1933 to 30 June 1934 (paid monthly)
Purpose: General financial assistance to the state

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South Australia Grant Act 1933

SOUTH AUSTRALIA GRANT.

No. 70 of 1933.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the State of South Australia.

[Assented to 15th December, 1933.]

Preamble.

BE 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:—

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the South Australia Grant Act 1933.

Payment for financial assistance to South Australia.

Subject to this Act, there shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of South Australia, during the year commencing on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, the sum of One million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds.

Method of payment.

The amount payable under this Act shall be paid in equal monthly instalments.

Appropriation.

Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 South Australia Grant Act 1933