1States Grants Act 1949

STATES GRANTS.

No. 17 of 1949.

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 and Tasmania.

[Assented to 29th June, 1949.]

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.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants Act 1949.

Commencement.

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

Payment of financial assistance to States of South Australia and Tasmania.

3. There shall be payable to the States of South Australia and Tasmania, during the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, for the purposes of financial assistance, the sums of Six hundred thousand pounds and One hundred thousand pounds, respectively, in addition to the amount payable to each of those States under the States Grants Act 1948.

Appropriation.

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