{"id":"C1914A00008","name":"Belgian Grant Act 1914","slug":"belgian-grant-act-1914","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1914","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":18778,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1914A00008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Belgian Grant Act 1914","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nBELGIAN GRANT.\n\n \n\nNo. 8 of 1914.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of One hundred thousand pounds as a grant in aid to the Government of Belgium.\n\n[Assented to 22nd October, 1914.]\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 Belgian Grant Act 1914.\n\nAppropriation of £100,000 as a grant to Belgium.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purpose of a grant to the Government of Belgium, the sum of One hundred thousand pounds.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1689},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains a straightforward, one-off appropriation exactly as originally intended. It has never been amended or expanded beyond the single grant to Belgium."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 sections (short title and appropriation)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single unconditional payment with no procedural steps","No cross-references to other legislation","Extremely brief (approximately 100 operative words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This World War I emergency law authorised a **£100,000 cash gift** from Australia to Belgium.\n\n**The basics:**\n- **Who pays:** The Australian Government (from the Consolidated Revenue Fund—the national treasury)\n- **Who receives:** The Government of Belgium  \n- **Why:** Belgium was invaded by Germany in August 1914; this was Australia's financial aid to help our wartime ally\n\n**What makes it simple:**\nThis is a 'one and done' spending approval. There are no conditions on how Belgium spends the money, no repayment terms, and no ongoing obligations. Once the Treasurer hands over the cheque, the Act has done its job."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/belgian-grant-act-1914","history":"/api/acts/belgian-grant-act-1914/history","analysis":"/api/acts/belgian-grant-act-1914/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/belgian-grant-act-1914/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/belgian-grant-act-1914/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/belgian-grant-act-1914/documents"}}