Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Objects of Act .................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

4A......... Population estimates .......................................................................... 5

5............ Local Government Grants Commissions ............................................ 5

6............ National principles governing allocation by States among local governing bodies    6

Part 2--Grants Of financial assistance                                                                       8

7............ Estimates by Treasurer and Minister ................................................. 8

8............ Determination of final factor .............................................................. 9

9............ State entitlements for local government purposes ............................ 10

10.......... Adjustment of estimates--section 9 payments ............................... 11

11.......... Allocation among local governing bodies--section 9 payments ....... 13

12.......... Additional funding for local government purposes .......................... 14

13.......... Adjustment of estimates--section 12 payments ............................. 15

14.......... Allocation among local governing bodies--section 12 payments ..... 16

15.......... Conditions of payments to States other than the Australian Capital Territory       18

Part 3--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        20

16.......... Reports ............................................................................................. 20

17.......... Review .............................................................................................. 20

18.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 21

19.......... Appropriation .................................................................................. 21

Part 4--Repeal And Transitional                                                                                  22

20.......... Repeal ............................................................................................... 22

21.......... Local governing bodies ...................................................................... 22

22.......... Local Government Grants Commissions .......................................... 22

23.......... Estimate of factor by Treasurer ........................................................ 22

24.......... Modification of State principles applicable to 1995‑1996 ............... 22

25.......... Modification of principles applicable to 1995‑1996 in respect of section 12 payments         23

26.......... Transitional modification of national principles ............................... 23

27.......... Avoidance of double payments to Australian Capital Territory ..... 23

28.......... Overpayments and underpayments of general grants in respect of 1994‑1995       23

29.......... Overpayments and underpayments of other grants in respect of 1994‑1995          24

30.......... Estimates of population by Statistician ........................................... 24

Notes                                                                                                                                             25

Notes to the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995

Note 1

The Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 86, 1995 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995	86, 1995	1 July 1995	1 July 1995
Local Government (Financial Assistance) Amendment Act 2000	71, 2000	27 June 2000	27 June 2000	Sch. 1 (items 19, 20)
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Act 2006	109, 2006	27 Sept 2006	Schedule 2 (items 33-35): Royal Assent	--
Financial Assistance Legislation Amendment Act 2009	36, 2009	27 May 2009	Schedule 1 (items 2, 3): Royal Assent	--

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted    am. = amended    rep. = repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 4A..................................	ad. No. 71, 2000
S. 6....................................	am. No. 71, 2000; No. 109, 2006
Part 2
Ss. 7-9..............................	am. No. 71, 2000
S. 10..................................	am. No. 71, 2000; No. 36, 2009
S. 11..................................	am. No. 71, 2000
S. 13..................................	am. No. 36, 2009
Ss. 14, 15..........................	am. No. 71, 2000

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Local Government (Financial Assistance) Amendment Act 2000 (No. 71, 2000)

Schedule 1

19  Application

(1)        The amendments made by items 1 and 4 to 13 apply where the current year mentioned in section 8, 9 or 10 of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 as amended by this Schedule is the year beginning on 1 July 2000 or any later year.

(2)        The amendment made by item 3 applies where the estimate mentioned in subsection 7(3A) of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995, as inserted by that item, relates to the year beginning on 1 July 2000 or any later year.

(3)        The amendments made by items 16 to 18 apply where the payment mentioned in paragraph 15(1)(aa) of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 as amended by this Schedule is made in the year beginning on 1 July 2001 or any later year.

20  Transitional

For the purpose of causing a factor to be worked out under subsection 8(1) of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 as amended by this Schedule in relation to the year beginning on 1 July 2000, the definition of previous population of Australia in the formula in that subsection is replaced by the following definition:

previous population of Australia means the population of Australia used in applying section 10 of this Act, as in force immediately before its amendment by the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Amendment Act 2000, in respect of the year beginning on 1 July 1999.