STATES GRANTS (ABORIGINAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 NO. 1, 1977 

STATES GRANTS (ABORIGINAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 NO. 1, 1977 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title.  
2. Commencement.  
3. Definition.  
4. Financial assistance.  
5. Conditions.  
6. Grants to be made out of annual appropriation.  
7. Annual report.  

STATES GRANTS (ABORIGINAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 1, 1977
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Short title.

              STATES GRANTS (ABORIGINAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976
                                 No. 1 of 1977

An Act to provide for Financial Assistance to the States in relation to
Aboriginals.

  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:-
  1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Aboriginal Assistance) Act
1976.*1*

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Commencement.

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*

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Definition.

  3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, ''Aboriginals'' means
persons who are-

  (a)  members of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or

  (b)  members of the race to which Torres Strait Islanders belong.

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Financial assistance.

  4. (1) Financial assistance in relation to Aboriginals is granted to the
States in accordance with this Act.
  (2) Subject to this Act, the financial assistance to a State under this Act
is payable in such amounts, and at such times, as the Treasurer determines.

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Conditions.

  5. (1) A grant of financial assistance to a State under this Act is subject
to each of the following conditions:-

  (a)  that each amount paid to the State under this Act will be applied by
the State, in a manner and within a time approved by the Minister or an
authorized officer, for the purposes of expenditure for the benefit of
Aboriginals living in that State;

  (b)  that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is
satisfied that the State has failed, in respect of an amount paid to the State
under this Act, to fulfil the condition referred to in paragraph (a), the
State will repay that amount to the Commonwealth.
  (2) In paragraph (1) (a), ''authorized officer'' means an officer of the
Department of Aboriginal Affairs authorized in writing by the Minister to give
approvals under that paragraph.

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Grants to be made out of annual appropriation.

  6. A grant to a State under this Act shall be made out of moneys available
under an appropriation made by the Parliament.

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Annual report.

  7. (1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each
year, cause to be laid before each House of the Parliament a report on the
operation of this Act during the year ending on that date.
  (2) A report referred to in sub-section (1) shall include a statement
setting out the amount paid under this Act to each State during the year to
which the report relates.
  (3) For the purposes of this section, the period commencing on the date of
commencement of this Act and ending on 30 June 1977 shall be deemed to be a
year.
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STATES GRANTS (ABORIGINAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 No. 1, 1977 - NOTE

                                      NOTE
1.  Act No. 1, 1977; assented to 11 February 1977.