Commonwealth act

Tasmania Grant Act 1936

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

48 of 1936

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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The Act authorises the Commonwealth to grant £600,000 to the State of Tasmania, paid in equal monthly instalments over the financial year beginning 1 July 1936, with funds drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It primarily affects Tasmania and the Commonwealth and is a historical example of federal fiscal redistribution—Commonwealth support to a smaller state to help meet public expenditure.

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Tasmania Grant Act 1936

TASMANIA GRANT.

No. 48 of 1936.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the State of Tasmania.

[Assented to 12th October, 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 Tasmania Grant Act 1936.

Payment for financial assistance to Tasmania.

There shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of Tasmania, during the year commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, the sum of Six hundred thousand pounds.

Method of payment.

The amount payable under this Act shall be paid in equal monthly instalments.

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 Tasmania Grant Act 1936