Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION ACT 1976 No. 47 of 1976 - SECT 8

8. Sections 17 and 18 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following
section is substituted:- Assistance to States for local government purposes.
''17. (1) The Commission shall inquire into and report to the Minister upon
any matters-

   (a)  being matters relating to the making of a grant of assistance to a
        State, under section 96 of the Constitution, for local government
        purposes; or

   (b)  being matters relating to a grant of assistance made to a State, under
        section 96 of the Constitution, for local government purposes, that
        are referred to the Commission by the Minister.

''(2) In sub-section (1), a reference to a grant of assistance to a State for
local government purposes shall be read as a reference to a grant of moneys to
the State for the purpose of being applied by the State in payments to local
government authorities situated in the State, or by way of expenditure for
purposes declared by the regulations to be purposes to which this sub-section
applies.''.