Commonwealth act

States Grants Act 1947

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

31 of 1947

Collection

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What this law does

This law authorises the federal government to pay £1,078,000 to three specific States—South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania—as additional budget support ("financial assistance") for the 1946-47 financial year.

Who gets what

The money is divided as follows:

South Australia: £400,000
Western Australia: £628,000
Tasmania: £50,000

Where the money comes from

The funds are drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Commonwealth government's main bank account, essentially the national treasury).

Why it matters

This is a supplementary grant paid on top of the money already provided under the 1946 Act. These payments were designed to help states with smaller populations or weaker economic bases (often called "claimant states") fund essential services like hospitals, schools and roads without imposing heavy taxes on their residents.

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States Grants Act 1947

STATES GRANTS.

No. 31 of 1947.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.

[Assented to 11th June, 1947.]

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 1947.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Payment of financial assistance to States.

There shall be payable to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sum of One million and seventy-eight thousand pounds, in addition to the sum payable under the States Grants Act 1946.

Allocation of grant.

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

	£
South Australia.............................	400,000
Western Australia............................	628,000
Tasmania.................................	50,000
	1,078,000

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 1947