Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (GENERAL PURPOSES) ACT 1990 No. 101, 1990 - SECT 5

5. Subject to this Act, each State is entitled to the payment by way of
financial assistance, in relation to the grant year, of a financial assistance
grant worked out using the formula:
ASP (ABA + THG) (SHG + AESR + DTRA)
ATP where:

"ASP" (Adjusted State Population) means the adjusted population of that State;

"ATP" (Adjusted Total Population) means the adjusted total population;

"ABA" (Amount of Base Assistance) means the product of the base assistance
amount and the index factor;

"THG" (Total Hospital Grants) means the sum of the hospital grants for all the
States;

"SHG" (State Hospital Grant) means the hospital grant in relation to that
State;

"AESR" (Adjusted Extra State Revenue) means the adjusted extra State revenue
in relation to that State;

"DTRA" (Debits Tax Replacement Amount) means the amount determined by the
Treasurer to be the amount that represents the State's share of any revenue
that the Commonwealth has forgone or will forgo as a result of amendments of
the Debits Tax Act 1982 enacted after1 October 1990.