STATES GRANTS (YOUTH EMPLOYMENT).

 

No. 10 of 1939.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States.

[Assented to 20th June, 1939.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Youth Employment) Act 1939.

Commencement.

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


Appropriation.

3. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the sum of Two hundred thousand pounds for the purpose of financial assistance to the States.

Allocation of grant.

4. The amount payable under this Act to each State shall be the amount shown in the following table opposite to the name of that State:—

 

£

New South Wales.......................

79,000

Victoria.............................

55,000

Queensland...........................

25,000

South Australia........................

19,000

Western Australia......................

14,000

Tasmania............................

8,000

 

£200,000

Condition of grant.

5. The amount granted to a State by this Act is granted upon the condition that it is used by the State, in such manner and subject to such conditions as the Minister approves, in providing facilities for the training for, and the placing in, employment of persons between the ages of eighteen years and twenty-five years.

Method of payment to States.

6. The amount granted to a State by this Act shall be paid to that State at such times and in such manner as the Treasurer approves.