STATES
GRANTS.
No. 67 of 1953.
An Act to grant
and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purpose of
Financial Assistance to the States of South Australia, Western Australia and
Tasmania.
[Assented
to 28th October, 1953.]
BE it
enacted by the Queen’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 1953.
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-three, for the purpose of
financial assistance, the sum of Fifteen million four hundred thousand pounds.
Allocation
of grant.
4.The amount payable to each State under this Act is the
amount shown in the following table opposite to the name of that State:—
£
|
South
Australia..................................................................................
| 6,100,000
|
Western
Australia..............................................................................
| 7,800,000
|
Tasmania...........................................................................................
| 1,500,000
|
15,400,000
|
Appropriation.
5.