Commonwealth act

States' Grants Act 1936

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

54 of 1936

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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A one‑year federal funding Act authorising a £500,000 transfer from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to provide unconditional financial assistance to Australia’s six states for the 1936–37 year.

It implements a straightforward grant distribution (largest share to New South Wales, smallest to Tasmania), addressing vertical fiscal imbalance by giving states funds to support services like schools, hospitals and railways.

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States' Grants Act 1936

STATES’ GRANTS.

No. 54 of 1936.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States of the Commonwealth.

[Assented to 23rd November, 1936.]

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 States' Grants Act 1936.

Payment of financial assistance to the States.

There shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, the sum of Five hundred thousand pounds.

Allocation of grants.

The amount payable to each State under this Act shall be the amount shown in the following table opposite the name of that State:—

	£
New South Wales..................	197,000
Victoria.........................	137,000
Queensland.......................	72,000
South Australia....................	44,000
Western Australia..................	33,000
Tasmania........................	17,000
	500,000

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 States' Grants Act 1936