STATES GRANTS.
No. 54 of 1943.
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, Western
Australia and Tasmania, and to repeal the Tasmania Grant Act 1943.
[Assented to 19th October, 1943.]
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.
1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants
Act 1943.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on the day
on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Repeal of Tasmania Grant Act1943.
3. The Tasmania Grant Act 1943 is
repealed.
Payment for financial assistance to States.
4.There shall be payable to the States of South
Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, during the year which commenced on
the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-three, for the
purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Two million four hundred and
seventy thousand pounds.
Allocation of grant.
5. The amount payable to each State under this Act shall be the amount
shown in the following table opposite the name of that State:—
£ |
South Australia............................................................
| 900,000 |
Western Australia.........................................................
| 850,000 |
Tasmania.....................................................................
| 720,000 |
2,470,000 |
Method of payment.
6.The amount payable to any State under this
Act shall be paid to that State in equal monthly instalments.
Appropriation.
7.