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States Grants (General Purposes) Amendment Act 1995

No. 123 of 1995

CONTENTS

Section

1. Short title

2. Commencement

3. Schedule

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS OF THE STATES GRANTS (GENERAL PURPOSES) ACT 1994

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States Grants (General Purposes) Amendment Act 1995

No. 123 of 1995

 

An Act to amend the States Grants (General Purposes) Act 1994, and for related purposes

[Assented to 2 November 1995]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (General Purposes) Amendment Act 1995.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.


Schedule

3. The States Grants (General Purposes) Act 1994 is amended in accordance with the applicable items in the Schedule, and the other item in the Schedule has effect according to its terms.

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SCHEDULE  Section 3

AMENDMENTS OF THE STATES GRANTS (GENERAL PURPOSES) ACT 1994

1. Section 3:

Repeal the section, substitute:

Application of Act to a grant year

“3. (1) This Act has effect in relation to a grant year commencing on a 1 July as if references in this Act to the applicable Schedule were references to the Schedule that is expressed to relate to the year commencing on that 1 July.

“(2) The provisions set out in a Schedule apply in relation to the grant year to which the Schedule relates.”.

2. Section 10:

Repeal the section, substitute:

Arterial road grants

10.(1) Subject to this Act, each State is to be paid, by way of financial assistance, in relation to the grant year commencing on 1 July 1994, an amount set out in Schedule 1.

“(2) Subject to this Act, each State is to be paid, by way of financial assistance, in relation to a grant year, other than the grant year commencing on 1 July 1994, an amount worked out in accordance with the applicable Schedule.”.

3. Section 12:

Repeal the section, substitute:

Special revenue assistance grants

“12.(1) Subject to this Act, each State is to be paid, by way of financial assistance, in relation to the grant year, an amount worked out using the formula:

base amount multiplied by index factor multiplied by population factor

where:

base amount means the base amount set out in the applicable Schedule.

“(2) The application of the formula may result in a State not receiving any amount under this section in relation to the grant year.”.

4. Transitional

Amounts paid to a State by way of special revenue assistance grants under section 12 of the States Grants (General Purposes) Act 1994, as in force immediately before the day on which this Act receives the Royal


SCHEDULE—continued

Assent, in respect of the financial year commencing on 1 July 1994 are to be taken, on and after that day, to have been so paid under that Act, as amended by this Act.

5. Schedule 1 (heading):

Omit 1994-95, substitute commencing 1 July 1994”.

6. Clause 4 of Schedule 1:

Omit the clause, substitute:

Special revenue assistance grants

“4. For the purposes of section 12:

base amount means the amount set out opposite to the name of the State in the following table:

State

Base amount $

New South Wales

158,638,731

Victoria

207,806,948

Queensland

38,707,300

Western Australia

14,515,237

South Australia

4,838,412

Tasmania

7,741,460

Australian Capital Territory

39,965,287

Northern Territory

28,062,792

7. Schedule 1:

Add at the end:

SCHEDULE2  Section 3

Grant year commencing 1 July 1995

Interpretation

“1. In this Schedule:

base assistance amount means $14,076,153,668.

grant year means the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1995.

previous year means the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1994.


SCHEDULE—continued

Relativities factors

2. The relativities factors for the States are as shown in the following table:

State

Relativities factors

New South Wales

0.8743

Victoria

0.8506

Queensland

1.0435

Western Australia

1.0521

South Australia

1.2047

Tasmania

1.5437

Australian Capital Territory

0.8916

Northern Territory

5.0332

Arterial road grants

“3. The amounts of arterial road grants payable to the States under subsection 10(2) are to be worked out using the formula:

Open bracket, BA multiplied by IF multiplied by PF multiplied by 1/3 multiplied by ASP over ATP, close bracket, plus, open bracket BA multiplied by IF multiplied by PF multiplied by 2/3 multiplied by HS

where:

BA (base amount) means $350,000,000.

IF (index factor) means the index factor for the grant year.

PF (population factor) means the population factor for the grant year.

ASP (adjusted state population) means the adjusted population of the State.

ATP (adjusted total population) means the sum of the adjusted populations of all the States.

HS (historic share) means the number set out opposite to the name of the State in the following table:


SCHEDULE—continued

State

Historic share

New South Wales

0.296

Victoria

0.295

Queensland

0.180

Western Australia

0.124

South Australia

0.065

Tasmania

0.025

Australian Capital Territory

0.004

Northern Territory

0.011

Special revenue assistance grants

“4. For the purposes of section 12:

base amount means the amount set out opposite to the name of the State in the following table:

State

Base amount $

New South Wales

171,714,655

Victoria

218,785,810

Queensland

Nil

Western Australia

Nil

South Australia

Nil

Tasmania

Nil

Australian Capital Territory

14,218,925

Northern Territory

9,479,283

[Minister’s second reading speech made in

House of Representatives on 23 August 1995 Senate on 24 August 1995]