STATES
GRANTS.
No. 72 of 1946.
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.
[Assented to 14th December, 1946.]
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 1946.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day
on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Payment of
financial assistance to States.
3. 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-six, for the
purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Three million six hundred and
seventy thousand pounds.
Allocation
of grant.
4. 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...............................................
| 1,600,000
|
Western Australia............................................
| 1,245,000
|
Tasmania........................................................
| 825,000
|
3,670,000
|
Method of
payment.
5. The amount payable to any State under this Act
shall be paid to that State in equal monthly instalments.
Appropriation.
6.