Surplus Revenue Act 1910

Act No. 8 of 1910 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 9 November 2012 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 136 of 2012

The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra

Contents

An Act relating to the Financial Relations between the Commonwealth and the several States
1 Short title [see Note 1] 1

(1) This Act may be cited as the Surplus Revenue Act 1910.

 2

(2) The Surplus Revenue Act 1908, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Surplus Revenue Act 1908-1910.
3 Cesser of the Braddon clause of the Constitution

From and after the thirty-first day of December One thousand nine hundred and ten, section eighty-seven of the Constitution shall cease to have effect, so far as it affects the power of the Commonwealth to apply any portion of the net revenue of Customs and Excise towards its expenditure, and so far as it affects the payment of any balance by the Commonwealth to the several States, or the application of such balance towards the payment of interest on the debts of the several States taken over by the Commonwealth.

The Surplus Revenue Act 1910 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 8, 1910 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Notes to the

Note 1
Act Number and year Date of Assent Date of commencement Application, saving or transitional provisions
Surplus Revenue Act 1910 8, 1910 2 Sept 1910 2 Sept 1910
States Grants Act 1927 4, 1927 8 Apr 1927 8 Apr 1927 S. 2
Statute Law Revision Act 1934 45, 1934 6 Aug 1934 6 Aug 1934 —
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973 Ss. 9 (1) and 10
Statute Law Revision Act 2012 136, 2012 22 Sept 2012 Schedule 6 (item 75): Royal Assent —

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
S. 1 am. No. 216, 1973
S. 2 rep. No. 136, 2012
Ss. 4–7 rep. No. 4, 1927
Schedule rep. No. 45 1934