STATES GRANTS.
No.
59 of 1948.
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 6th
December, 1948.]
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 1948.
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-eight, for the
purposes of financial assistance, the sum of Six million seven hundred and
fifty 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................................................................
| 2,250,000 |
Western
Australia............................................................
| 3,600,000 |
Tasmania..........................................................................
| 900,000 |
6,750,000 |
Appropriation.
5.