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1996
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
States Grants
(General Purposes) Amendment Bill 1996
No.
, 1996
(Treasury)
A
Bill for an Act to amend the States Grants (General Purposes) Act
1994
9611220—975/6.9.1996—(112/96) Cat. No.
96 5074 1 ISBN 0644 477938
Contents
Part 1—Amendments relating to the grant years commencing on
1 July 1996 and 1 July
1997 6sggpah1.html
Part 2—Formal amendments 6sggpah1.html
A Bill for an Act to amend the States Grants (General
Purposes) Act 1994
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the States Grants (General Purposes)
Amendment Act 1996.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
Part
1—Amendments relating to the grant years commencing on 1 July 1996
and 1 July 1997
1 After section 12
Insert:
Subject to this Act, the Treasurer may pay by way of financial assistance
to a State, in relation to the grant year commencing on 1 July
1997:
(a) an amount that does not exceed; or
(b) amounts that in total do not exceed;
the maximum amount that may be paid to that State under the applicable
Schedule.
Note: This provision is enacted pursuant to the Agreement to
Implement the National Competition Policy and Related Reforms executed at the
Council of Australian Governments on 11 April
1995.
Under that Agreement, the Commonwealth undertakes
to provide financial assistance by way of general purpose payments to the States
over a period beginning on 1 July 1997 subject to the States complying with
the conditions set out in the Agreement.
2 At the end of Division 2 of Part
2
Add:
(1) Financial assistance to which a State is entitled under section 9
(financial assistance grant) in relation to the grant year
commencing on 1 July 1996 is granted on condition that the State will pay
to the Commonwealth an amount of fiscal contribution (1996-97 fiscal
contribution) worked out in accordance with the applicable
Schedule.
(2) The Treasurer may deduct from any amount payable under this Act in
respect of the financial assistance grant to the State for the grant year
commencing on 1 July 1996 an amount that, together with the amounts (if
any) paid, or taken (under this Act or any other Act) to have been paid, by the
State in satisfaction of the State’s 1996-97 fiscal contribution, does not
exceed the amount of that contribution.
(3) If part of the State’s 1996-97 fiscal contribution remains
unpaid on 1 July 1997, the Treasurer may deduct from any amount payable
under this Act in respect of the financial assistance grant to the State for the
grant year commencing on 1 July 1997 an amount that, together with the
amounts (if any) paid, or taken (under this Act or any other Act) to have been
paid, by the State in satisfaction of the State’s 1996-97 fiscal
contribution, does not exceed the amount of that contribution.
(4) An amount deducted under subsection (2) or (3) from the State’s
financial assistance grant is taken to have been paid by the State to the
Commonwealth in satisfaction of the State’s 1996-97 fiscal
contribution.
3 Subsection 20(1)
Omit “14”, substitute “12A, 14, 15A”.
4 At the end of the Act
Add:
This Schedule relates to the grant year commencing on 1 July
1996.
In this Schedule:
base assistance amount means $14,936,808,951.
previous year means the financial year commencing on
1 July 1995.
The relativity factor for each State for the grant year is as shown in
the following table:
|
Relativity factors |
|
|---|---|
|
State |
Relativity factor |
|
New South Wales |
0.87472 |
|
Victoria |
0.87577 |
|
Queensland |
1.04176 |
|
Western Australia |
1.01409 |
|
South Australia |
1.18772 |
|
Tasmania |
1.54644 |
|
Australian Capital Territory |
0.88883 |
|
Northern Territory |
4.87829 |
The amount payable to each State under subsection 10(2) in relation to
the grant year is to be worked out by using the formula:
where:
BA (base amount) means $371,014,429.
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 in relation to the grant year.
ATP (adjusted total population) means the sum of the adjusted
populations of all the States in relation to the grant year.
HS (historic share) means the number set out opposite the
name of the State in the following table:
|
Arterial Road Grants |
|
|---|---|
|
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 |
For the purposes of section 12, the base amount is the
amount set out opposite the name of the State in the following table:
|
Special revenue assistance grants |
|
|---|---|
|
State |
Base amount $ |
|
New South Wales |
182,024,614 |
|
Victoria |
231,921,978 |
|
Queensland |
Nil |
|
Western Australia |
Nil |
|
South Australia |
Nil |
|
Tasmania |
Nil |
|
Australian Capital Territory |
Nil |
|
Northern Territory |
9,615,310 |
For the purposes of section 15A, the amount of fiscal contribution
payable by a State for the grant year is the amount worked out by using the
formula:
where:
BA (base amount) means $619,000,000.
SP (state population) means the estimated population of the
State on 31 December 1996.
TP (total population) means the sum of the estimated
populations of all the States on 31 December 1996.
This Schedule relates to the grant year commencing on 1 July
1997.
In this Schedule:
previous year means the financial year commencing on
1 July 1996.
For the purposes of section 12A, the maximum amount that may be paid to a
State is the amount worked out by using the formula:
where:
BA (base amount) means $209,187,750.
PIF (previous index factor) means the index factor for the
previous year.
IF (index factor) means the index factor for the grant
year.
SP (state population) means the estimated population of the
State on 31 December 1997.
TP (total population) means the sum of the estimated
populations of all the States on 31 December 1997.
5 Subsection 3(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) In this Act, a reference, in relation to a grant year, to the
applicable Schedule is a reference to the Schedule that is expressed to relate
to that year.
6 Subsection 4(1) (definition of adjusted
population)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
adjusted population, in relation to a State and a grant year,
means the estimated population of the State on 31 December in that year (see
subsection 8(1)) multiplied by the relativities factor for the State for that
year.
7 Subsection 4(1) (definition of grant
year)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
grant year means:
(a) the financial year commencing on 1 July 1994; and
(b) each succeeding financial year.
8 Subsection 4(1) (definition of grant year
calculation quarter)
Before “means”, insert “, in relation to a grant
year,”.
9 Subsection 4(1) (definition of Health
Minister)
Omit “Human Services and Health”, substitute “Health and
Family Services”.
10 Subsection 4(1) (definition of previous
year)
Before “has”, insert “, in relation to a grant
year,”.
11 Subsection 4(1) (definition of previous
year calculation quarter)
Before “means”, insert “, in relation to a grant
year,”.
12 Subsection 4(1) (definition of
relativities factor)
After “State”, insert “for a grant year”.
13 Subsection 4(2)
Omit “the grant year”, substitute “a grant
year”.
14 Subsection 5(1)
After “State” (first occurring), insert “in respect of a
grant year”.
15 Subsection 8(1)
Omit “the grant year” (first occurring), substitute “a
grant year”.
16 Subsection 8(2)
Omit “the previous year”, substitute “the year previous
to the grant year”.
17 Subsection 8(2)
Omit “statistician”, substitute
“Statistician”.
18 Section 9
Omit “the grant year” (first occurring), substitute “a
grant year”.
19 Section 9 (at the end of the definition of
ASP)
Add “for the grant year”.
20 Section 9 (definition of
THG)
After “States”, insert “in respect of the grant
year”.
21 Section 9 (at the end of the definition of
ATP)
Add “for the grant year”.
22 Section 9 (definition of
SHG)
After “State”, insert “in respect of the grant
year”.
23 Subsection 12(1)
Omit “the grant year”, substitute “a grant
year”.
24 Section 13
Omit “the grant year” (first occurring), substitute “a
grant year”.
25 Subsection 14(1)
Omit “the grant year” (first occurring), substitute “a
grant year”.
26 Section 16
Omit “the grant year”, substitute “a grant
year”.
27 Subsection 17(1)
Omit “the grant year” (first occurring), substitute “a
grant year”.