Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (GENERAL PURPOSES) ACT 1994 No. 122, 1994 - SCHEDULE 1

                              SCHEDULE 1             Section 3

Grant year 1994-95 Interpretation
1. In the Act and this Schedule, unless the contrary intention appears:

"base assistance amount" means $13,634,329,736;

"grant year" means the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1994;

"previous year" means the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1993.
Relativities factors
2. The relativities factors for the States are as shown in the following
table:
                 State                   Relativities factor

          New South Wales                       0.8756

          Victoria                              0.8374

          Queensland                            1.0441

          Western Australia                     1.0839

          South Australia                       1.2186

          Tasmania                              1.5173

          Australian Capital Territory          0.8968

          Northern Territory                    4.9863
Arterial road grants
3. The amounts of arterial road grants payable to the States under section 10
of the Act are as shown in the following table:
                 State                Amount of arterial road grant

$
           New South Wales                    103,600,000

           Victoria                           103,200,000

           Queensland                          63,000,000

           Western Australia                   43,400,000

           South Australia                     22,800,000

           Tasmania                             8,800,000

           Australian Capital Territory         1,400,000

           Northern Territory                   3,800,000
Special revenue assistance grants
4. The amounts of special revenue assistance grants to the States payable
under section 12 of the Act are to be worked out using the formula:
                 base     x   index   x   population

                 amount       factor        factor
where:

"base amount" is the base amount shown in the following table:
                 State                         Base amount

$
           New South Wales                    158,638,731

           Victoria                           207,806,948

           Queensland                          38,707,300

           Western Australia                   14,515,237

           South Australia                      4,838,412

           Tasmania                             7,741,460

           Australian Capital Territory        39,965,287

           Northern Territory                  28,062,792
Reduction of general revenue grants to States to take account of certain
advance payments
5. Section 13 of the Act applies in relation to the grant year as if "section
17" were omitted and "section 22 of the States Grants
(General Purposes) Act 1993" were substituted.