{"id":"C1946A00018","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1945-46","slug":"appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"18 of 1946","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22259,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1946A00018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1945-46","content":"APPROPRIATION (No. 2) 1945–46.\n\nNo. 18 of 1946.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply an additional sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and to appropriate that sum.\n\n\\[Assented to 29th June, 1946.\\]\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 Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1945–46.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of £20,000,000.\n\n3. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the sum of Twenty million pounds.\n\n  \n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. The sum granted by this Act is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five, for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six.\n\nSection 4. THE SCHEDULE.\n\nPART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.\n\nXVI.—DEFENCE AND WAR (1939-45) SERVICES—\n\n| To be allocated to particular services by Supplementary | £          |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| Appropriation.......................................... | 20,000,000 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1775},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its sole purpose of appropriating a specific sum for defence and war services for the 1945–46 financial year, with no expansion beyond this original budgetary intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections plus a one-item schedule","Single appropriation of £20,000,000 with no conditional logic","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Straightforward administrative mechanism with no exceptions or exemptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to withdraw an additional £20 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for defence and war-related costs for the 1945–46 financial year. It backdates authority to 1 July 1945 so spending already incurred or committed that year is legally covered, with the precise allocation to be set by supplementary appropriation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-2-1945-46/documents"}}