State Grants Commission Act 1976 (Tas)

State Grants Commission Act 1976

An Act to provide for the establishment of a State Grants Commission, the making of recommendations by that Commission with respect to the payment under this Act by the Treasurer of certain Commonwealth grants to councils, and incidental matters [Royal Assent 21 June 1976]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Grants Commission Act 1976 .

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – chairman means the chairman of the Commission; Commission means the State Grants Commission established under this Act; further recommendations has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 10 (1) (b) ; goods and services tax means the GST as defined in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; grant means a grant of a kind referred to in section 3 (2) (a) ; GST law has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; member means a member of the Commission; recommendations means recommendations made by the Commission for the purpose of exercising its functions under section 3 (2) and that are not required to be reconsidered by the Commission pursuant to section 10 (1) (b) .

3. Establishment and functions of the State Grants Commission (1) There shall be established a commission, to be known as the State Grants Commission. (2) The functions of the Commission are to recommend to the Treasurer – (a) the councils to which he is to pay, in each financial year, grants of financial assistance out of moneys made available to the State by the Commonwealth for that purpose in that year; and (b) the amounts of those grants; and (c) if so directed by the Minister responsible for the administration of the National Taxation Reform (Commonwealth-State Relations) Act 1999 , investigate and report on any matter relating to the obligation of a council to comply with the GST Law in accordance with that Act; and (d) the distribution between councils in each financial year of funds made available by the State from its collection of motor tax from the registration of heavy vehicles, within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1981 .