Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (GENERAL PURPOSES) ACT 1994 No. 122, 1994 - SECT 4

4.(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"adjusted population", in relation to a State, means the estimated population
of the State on 31 December in the grant year (see subsection 8(1)) multiplied
by the relativities factor for the State;

"Education Minister" means the Minister for Employment, Education and
Training;

"grant year" has the meaning given by the applicable Schedule;

"grant year calculation quarter" means a period of 3 months ending on 30 June
immediately before the commencement of the grant year or on 30 September, 31
December or 31 March in the grant year;

"Health Minister" means the Minister for Human Services and Health;

"index factor" for a grant year means the factor worked out under section 6;

"index number", for a grant year calculation quarter or a previous year
calculation quarter, means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number, being
the weighted average of the 8 capital cities, published by the Statistician in
respect of that quarter;

"population factor" for a grant year means the factor worked out under section
7;

"previous year" has the meaning given by the applicable Schedule;

"previous year calculation quarter" means a period of 3 months ending on 30
June immediately before the commencement of the previous year or on 30
September, 31 December or 31 March in the previous year;

"relativities factor" for a State is the factor set out in the applicable
Schedule;

"State" includes the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory;

"Statistician" means the Australian Statistician.

(2) If, at any time after the publication of an index number for the grant
year calculation quarter ending on 31 March in the grant year, the
Statistician publishes an index number for a grant year calculation quarter or
a previous year calculation quarter in substitution for an index number
previously published by the Statistician for the last-mentioned quarter, the
publication of the later index number is to be disregarded for the purposes of
this Act.