States Grants

No. 20 of 1972

An Act to amend the States Grants Act (No. 2) 1971.

[Assented to 16 May 1972]

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 and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the States Grants Act 1972.

(2.) The States Grants Act (No. 2) 1971 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants Act 1971-1972.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. After section 10 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Further additional Grants to States during 1971-72.

“10a. Subject to section 13 of this Act, in addition to the grants payable to the States under the last four preceding sections during the base year, there is payable to each of the States during that year an amount that bears to Fifteen million dollars the same proportion as the sum of the amounts that, but for section 13 of this Act, would be payable to that State during that year under sections 7, 8 and 9 of this Act bears to the sum of the amounts that, but for section 13 of this Act, would be payable to all the States during that year under sections 7, 8 and 9 of this Act.”.

Additional grants to New South Wales and Victoria during 1971-72.

4. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the word and figures “and 10” and inserting in their stead the figures, word and letter “, 10 and 10a”.

Additional grants to Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania during 1971-72.

5. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word and figures “and 10” and inserting in their stead the figures, word and letter “, 10 and 10a”.