Commonwealth act

States Grants (Special Financial Assistance) Act 1952

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

56 of 1952

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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The Act authorises the Commonwealth to make one‑off top‑up payments to the six States for 1952–53, guaranteeing each State at least the amount they would have received if the national grants pool had been £135 million. Funded from Consolidated Revenue, it protects State revenue relative to the prior year’s special assistance and underscores the Commonwealth’s role in stabilising State finances for public services.

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States Grants (Special Financial Assistance) Act 1952

STATES GRANTS (SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE).

No. 56 of 1952.

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

[Assented to 30th September, 1952.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 (Special Financial Assistance) Act 1952.

Commencement.

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

Financial assistance to States.

There is payable to each State, during the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, for the purpose of financial assistance, an amount or amounts calculated in accordance with the next succeeding section.

Amount of financial assistance payable.

4.−(l.) The amount payable to a State under this Act is the amount by which the amount calculated in respect of that State under sections six and seven of the States Grants (Tax Reimbursement) Act 1946–1948 in respect of the year which commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, is less than the amount which would be payable to that State if the aggregate grant to be divided amongst the States in accordance with section seven of that Act in respect of that year were One hundred and thirty-five million pounds.

(2.) In addition to the amount calculated in accordance with the last preceding sub-section, there is payable to a State the amount (if any) by which the amount so calculated is less than the amount which would be payable to that State if the aggregate of the amounts payable to the States under the last preceding sub-section were divided amongst the States in the proportions in which the aggregate of the amounts payable to the States under the States Grants (Special Financial Assistance) Act (No. 2) 1951 was so divided.

Appropriation.

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

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 States Grants (Special Financial Assistance) Act 1952