{"id":"C1932A00067","name":"Colonial Light Dues Appropriation Act 1932","slug":"colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"67 of 1932","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":13593,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1932A00067-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Colonial Light Dues Appropriation Act 1932","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\nCOLONIAL LIGHT DUES APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 67 of 1932.\n\nAn Act relating to Colonial Light Dues.\n\n[Assented to 5th December, 1932.]\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 Colonial Light Dues Appropriation Act 1932.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n2.—(1.) There shall be payable to the Government of the United Kingdom such amounts as are, from time, to time, received by the Commonwealth under the Colonial Light Dues Collection Act 1932 in payment of Colonial light dues.\n\n(2.) Any amounts payable to the Government of the United Kingdom under this section shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund which is, to the necessary extent, hereby appropriated accordingly.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1448},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act precisely matches its title and preamble, doing exactly one thing: appropriating funds to pay colonial light dues to the UK. No scope expansion detected."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single straightforward obligation with no exceptions, conditions, or procedural steps","Only one external reference (to the Collection Act 1932)"],"plain_english_summary":"This short 1932 law ensures that money collected from ships paying **colonial light dues** (fees for using lighthouses in British territories) gets sent to the United Kingdom government.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Takes the cash**: Any money Australia collects under the related *Colonial Light Dues Collection Act 1932* must be handed over to the UK.\n- **Pays the bill**: The money comes out of Australia's **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the government's main bank account), which this law formally sets aside for this purpose.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nBack in 1932, Australia was still financially entangled with Britain. Even though we were self-governing, maintaining colonial lighthouses was a shared imperial responsibility. This law makes sure Australia didn't pocket the lighthouse fees that technically belonged to the British government."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932","history":"/api/acts/colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932/history","analysis":"/api/acts/colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/colonial-light-dues-appropriation-act-1932/documents"}}