States
Grants (Special Assistance)
No. 72 of 1966
An
Act to Grant Financial Assistance to the States of Western Australia and
Tasmania.
[Assented
to 29 October 1966]
BE
it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the States
Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1966.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into
operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Payment
of financial assistance to Western Australia and Tasmania.
3. There is payable, during
the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-six, to a State specified in the Schedule to this Act, for the purpose of
financial assistance, the amount specified in that Schedule opposite to the
name of that State less any amounts paid to that State in pursuance of section
4 of the States Grants (Special Assistance) Act 1965.
Advances
for year 1967–68.
4. The Treasurer may,
during the period of six months commencing on the first day of July, One
thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, make advances to the State of Western
Australia or the State of Tasmania, for the purpose of financial assistance, of
amounts not exceeding in the whole a sum equal to one-half of the amount
specified in the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of that State.
Appropriation.
5. Payments in accordance
with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is
appropriated accordingly.
THE SCHEDULE Section
3.
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$ |
Western Australia.................................................................... | 19,406,000 |
Tasmania................................................................................. | 20,666,000 |
40,072,000 |