{"id":"C1926A00025","name":"Defence Equipment Act 1926","slug":"defence-equipment-act-1926","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"25 of 1926","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3398,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1926A00025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Equipment Act 1926","content":"DEFENCE EQUIPMENT.\n\nNo. 25 of 1926.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds for Naval Construction and for a Reserve for Defence.\n\n\\[Assented to 30th June, 1926.\\]\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 Defence Equipment Act 1926.\n\nAppropriation of £1,000,000 for naval construction.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly for the purposes of the Trust Account established under the Defence Equipment Act 1924 and known as the Naval Construction Trust Account, the sum of One million pounds.\n\nAppropriation of £250,000 for Defence reserve.\n\n3.—(1.) There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly for the purposes of the Trust Account established under the Defence Equipment Act 1924, and known as the Defence Reserve Trust Account, the sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.\n\n(2.) The amount appropriated by this section shall be applied only:—\n\n(a) for the purchase of aircraft equipment;\n\n(b) for the reconditioning of aircraft equipment, existing at the date of the commencement of the Defence Equipment Act 1924;\n\n(c) for the acquisition of sites and the provision of accommodation for aircraft equipment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":896},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original purpose as stated in the title and preamble: appropriating a specific sum (£1.25 million) for naval construction and defence reserves. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the initial appropriation intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections including the short title provision","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single-purpose legislation with direct, unconditional appropriation for naval construction","Minimal conditional logic (only subsection 3(2) contains a simple purposive restriction with three sub-paragraphs)","No cross-references to complex regulatory frameworks beyond incidental mention of the Defence Equipment Act 1924"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the government to withdraw £1.25 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for defence: £1,000,000 into the Naval Construction Trust Account for building naval ships and related works, and £250,000 into the Defence Reserve Trust Account for air force needs. The smaller air force sum is limited to buying aircraft and related gear, repairing/overhauling pre‑1924 aircraft equipment, and acquiring land/buildings for aircraft. \n\nIt simply gives the Defence Department legal authority to spend these specified funds."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1926","history":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1926/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1926/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1926/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1926/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1926/documents"}}