Commonwealth act

Western Australia Grant Act 1931

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

20 of 1931

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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This short 1931–32 budget Act authorises the Commonwealth to pay Western Australia £300,000 from consolidated revenue, delivered as twelve monthly instalments, to help meet state expenses during the Great Depression. It affects WA (the recipient) and Commonwealth taxpayers (the source) and reflects an emergency federal transfer to relieve a financially strained state.

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Western Australia Grant Act 1931

WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT.

No. 20 of 1931.

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

[Assented to 7th August, 1931.]

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 Western Australia Grant Act 1931.

Payment for financial assistance to Western Australia.

Subject to this Act, there shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of Western Australia during the year commencing on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, the sum of Three 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 Western Australia Grant Act 1931