STATES
GRANTS (YOUTH EMPLOYMENT).
No. 10 of 1939.
An Act to grant and apply out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the
States.
[Assented
to 20th June, 1939.]
Preamble.
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 (Youth
Employment) Act 1939.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which
it receives the Royal Assent.
Appropriation.
3. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which
is hereby appropriated accordingly, the sum of Two hundred thousand pounds for
the purpose of financial assistance to the States.
Allocation
of grant.
4.The amount payable under this Act to each State shall
be the amount shown in the following table opposite to the name of that State:—
£
|
New
South Wales..................................................
| 79,000
|
Victoria................................................................
| 55,000
|
Queensland...........................................................
| 25,000
|
South
Australia.....................................................
| 19,000
|
Western
Australia..................................................
| 14,000
|
Tasmania..............................................................
| 8,000
|
£200,000
|
Condition
of grant.
5.The amount granted to a State by this Act is granted
upon the condition that it is used by the State, in such manner and subject to
such conditions as the Minister approves, in providing facilities for the
training for, and the placing in, employment of persons between the ages of
eighteen years and twenty-five years.
Method
of payment to States.
6.