STATES
GRANTS (No. 2).
No.
68 of 1949.
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 28th October, 1949.]
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 (No. 2) 1949.
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-nine, for the purposes of
financial assistance, the sum of Eleven million and fifty-four 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.................................................................
| 4,174,000 |
Western Australia..............................................................
| 5,618,000 |
Tasmania..........................................................................
| 1,262,000 |
11,054,000 |
Appropriation.
5.