STATES
GRANTS.
No. 33 of 1951.
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 24th November, 1951.]
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 1951.
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 is 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 fifty-one, for the purposes of
financial assistance, the sum of Ten million five hundred and twenty-two
thousand pounds.
Allocation
of grant.
4.The amount payable to each State under this Act is the
amount shown in the following table opposite the name of that State:—
£
|
South
Australia......................................................................
| 4,558,000
|
Western
Australia...................................................................
| 5,088,000
|
Tasmania...............................................................................
| 876,000
|
10,522,000
|
Appropriation.
5.