Commonwealth act

Western Australia Grant Act 1948

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

26 of 1948

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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This is a short, straightforward piece of Commonwealth (federal) legislation with one core purpose: to send money to Western Australia.

It authorises a one-off payment of £1,000,000 (one million pounds) from the federal government to the State of Western Australia.
The payment is made as "financial assistance" — meaning it is a grant (a gift of money with no expectation of repayment) from the Commonwealth to the State.
The money is for the financial year that started 1 July 1947 (i.e., the 1947–48 financial year).
This grant is on top of money Western Australia was already receiving under another law — the States Grants Act (No. 2) 1947 — so it is an additional, supplementary payment.
The money comes out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the federal government's main bank account, funded by taxes and other revenue) — and this Act formally gives legal permission to draw from that fund.

Primarily the State of Western Australia, which receives the funds.
Indirectly, all Australian taxpayers, whose contributions to federal revenue fund the payment.

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