3Establishment and functions of the State Grants Commission

3 Establishment and functions of the State Grants Commission

(1)  There shall be established a commission, to be known as the State Grants Commission.

(2)  The functions of the Commission are to recommend to the Treasurer –

(a) [Section 3 Subsection (2) amended by No. 21 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2000] the councils to which he is to pay, in each financial year, grants of financial assistance out of moneys made available to the State by the Commonwealth for that purpose in that year; and

(b) [Section 3 Subsection (2) amended by No. 21 of 2000, s. 40, Applied:01 Jul 2000] the amounts of those grants; and

(c) [Section 3 Subsection (2) amended by No. 21 of 2000, s. 40, Applied:01 Jul 2000] [Section 3 Subsection (2) amended by No. 57 of 2000, s. 4, Applied:02 Jul 2000] if so directed by the Minister responsible for the administration of the National Taxation Reform (Commonwealth-State Relations) Act 1999 , investigate and report on any matter relating to the obligation of a council to comply with the GST Law in accordance with that Act; and

(d) [Section 3 Subsection (2) amended by No. 57 of 2000, s. 4, Applied:02 Jul 2000] the distribution between councils in each financial year of funds made available by the State from its collection of motor tax from the registration of heavy vehicles, within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1981 .