Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) ACT 1995 No. 86, 1995 - SECT 9

9.(1) Subject to this section and to section 11, each State is entitled to
the payment, in respect of a year (the "current year"), by way of financial
assistance for local government purposes, of a general grant, being:

   (a)  if the current year is the year beginning on 1 July 1995, the amount
        worked out using the formula:
Estimated initial amount - Relevant estimated factor - Projected
population of the State or Projected population of Australia;

   (b)  if the current year is a later year, the amount worked out using the
        formula:
Estimated previous year base figure - Relevant estimated factor
  - Projected population of the State   Projected population of Australia
where:

"Relevant estimated factor" means the estimated factor for the current year;

"Projected population of the State" means the population of the State on 31
December in the year immediately before the current year as set out in a
preliminary estimate of that population on that date made by the Statistician
according to assumptions agreed to between the Minister and the Statistician;

"Projected population of Australia" means the total population of all the
States on 31 December in the year immediately before the current year as set
out in a preliminary estimate of that population on that date made by the
Statistician according to assumptions agreed to between the Minister and the
Statistician;

"Estimated previous year base figure" means the amount estimated under
subsection 7(2) in relation to the year immediately before the current year.
Note: For "estimated initial amount" and "estimated factor" see subsection 
4(2). 

(2) A State is not entitled to a payment under this section in respect of a
year unless:

   (a)  if the year is the year beginning on 1 July 1995-an estimate under
        subsection 7(1) has been made in relation to that year; and

   (b)  if the year is a later year-an estimate under subsection 7(2) has been
        made in relation to the immediately preceding year; and

   (c)  in any case-an estimate under subsection 7(3) has been made in
        relation to the year.

(3) A State is not entitled to a payment under this section in respect of a
year until 15 August in the year.

(4) So far as practicable, the amount to which a State is entitled under this
section in respect of a year must be paid in equal quarterly instalments.