{"id":"C1940A00073","name":"Apple and Pear (Appropriation) Act 1940","slug":"apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"73 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3994,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940A00073-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Apple and Pear (Appropriation) Act 1940","content":"APPLE AND PEAR (APPROPRIATION).\n\nNo. 73 of 1940.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the Purpose of repaying to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Advances made for the Purposes of the National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations.\n\n\\[Assented to 16th December, 1940.\\]\n\n\\[Date of commencement, 13th January, 1941.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Apple and Pear (Appropriation) Act 1940.\n\nAppropriation for repayment of moneys advanced by Commonwealth Bank.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the sum of Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds for the purpose of repaying to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia moneys advanced by the Bank to the Commonwealth for the purposes of the National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1939, No. 148. as amended from time to time).","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2069},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its narrow, original purpose as a one-off wartime appropriation specifically limited to repaying £750,000 for apple and pear acquisition advances. No expansion beyond this specific repayment has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and appropriation)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unconditional monetary transaction with no exceptions","No procedural steps or compliance requirements","No cross-references to other Acts (only mentions the Regulations being funded)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to pay **£750,000** from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account) to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.\n\nThe payment settles a debt: during World War II, the Bank had lent the government money to buy apples and pears under wartime emergency regulations (*National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations 1939*). These regulations allowed the Commonwealth to acquire fruit to secure food supplies and stabilise agricultural markets during the war.\n\n**Key takeaway:** This is a simple budget measure where Parliament approves using public money to repay a specific loan taken out for wartime fruit purchases."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940","history":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940/history","analysis":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/apple-and-pear-appropriation-act-1940/documents"}}