States Grants Act 1927

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the States Grants Act 1927.

5 Payment of surplus revenue

The Treasurer shall pay to the several States of the Commonwealth, in proportion to the number of their people, any surplus revenue in his hands at the close of the financial year commencing on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and at the close of each financial year thereafter.

For the purposes of this section, the number of the people of a State shall be deemed to be the number as ascertained according to the laws of the Commonwealth by the Commonwealth Statistician as at the thirty-first day of December in the financial year in respect of which a payment under this section is to be made to that State.

7 Appropriation

All payments made under this Act shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is, to the necessary extent, hereby appropriated accordingly.

The (a) as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 4, 1927 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Notes to the

Note 1

(a) This citation is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976.

Table of Amendments