Commonwealth act

South Australia Grant Act 1934

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

35 of 1934

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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This Act authorises the Commonwealth to pay South Australia £1,400,000 (about $140 million today) from the Consolidated Revenue Fund as general financial assistance in the 1934–35 year. Payments are to be made in 12 equal monthly instalments.

It’s a one‑off “grant Act” giving Parliament’s legal authority for a Depression‑era bailout to help the state meet its obligations when revenues had collapsed.

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South Australia Grant Act 1934

SOUTH AUSTRALIA GRANT.

No. 35 of 1934.

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 4th August, 1934.]

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 1934.

Payment for financial assistance to South Australia.

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-four, the sum of One million four hundred 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 1934