{"id":"C1938A00073","name":"Defence Equipment Act 1938","slug":"defence-equipment-act-1938","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"73 of 1938","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4024,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1938A00073-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Equipment Act 1938","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\nDEFENCE EQUIPMENT.\n\n \n\nNo. 73 of 1938.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for Defence purposes.\n\n[Assented to 12th December, 1938.]\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 1938.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nPayment to Defence Equipment Trust Account.\n\n3. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, to the credit of the Defence Equipment Trust Account established by the Defence Equipment Act 1934, the amount of Three million four hundred and ninety-four thousand seven hundred and thirty-three pounds.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1630},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains a straightforward appropriation measure, exactly as intended—authorising a specific one-time payment for defence equipment without expansion into regulatory or administrative matters."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections total","Single operative provision appropriating one fixed sum (£3,494,733)","No definitions, interpretation clauses, or technical terms","No conditional language (if, when, unless) or exceptions","Only one external cross-reference (to the 1934 Act establishing the Trust Account)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\nThis law takes £3,494,733 from the government's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and puts it into a special Defence Equipment Trust Account.\n\n**Why it matters**\nThe money is specifically earmarked for buying military equipment. The trust account was created by an earlier law (the Defence Equipment Act 1934) to keep defence spending separate from other government money.\n\n**Who it affects**\n*   **The Treasury**: must release the funds\n*   **The Defence Department**: receives the money to purchase equipment\n*   **The military**: benefits from the new equipment bought with these funds\n\n**The bottom line**\nThis is a simple \"money bill\"—it appropriates (formally allocates) a specific lump sum for defence purposes. It contains no rules, restrictions, or conditions on how the equipment is bought, other than placing the money in the designated trust account."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1938","history":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1938/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1938/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1938/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1938/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1938/documents"}}