{"id":"C1939A00025","name":"Defence Equipment Act 1939","slug":"defence-equipment-act-1939","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"25 of 1939","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4080,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1939A00025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Equipment Act 1939","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. 25 of 1939.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for Defence purposes.\n\n[Assented to 21st September, 1939.]\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 1939.\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 Six hundred and twenty-seven thousand three hundred and nine pounds.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1875},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose as stated in the title and preamble. It was designed to appropriate a specific sum for defence equipment, which section 3 accomplishes without expansion into other policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only three sections covering short title, commencement, and the payment itself","Single, unconditional appropriation with no exceptions, procedural requirements, or compliance conditions","No defined terms, interpretation section, or technical legal jargon","Minimal cross-referencing (only identifying the Defence Equipment Trust Account by reference to the 1934 Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorised a one-off payment of £627,309 from Australia's national budget into a special Defence Equipment Trust Account.\n\n**What it does**\nThe Act appropriates (formally allocates) public money specifically for purchasing military equipment. The funds are transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account) to a trust account established in 1934 to hold money earmarked for defence purchases.\n\n**Who it affects**\nThis spending was funded by Australian taxpayers and used to equip the nation's armed forces.\n\n**Why it matters**\nPassed immediately after the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, this Act provided rapid parliamentary approval for emergency defence spending. It demonstrates how the government secures funds for urgent national priorities through simple, direct legislation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1939","history":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1939/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1939/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1939/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1939/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-equipment-act-1939/documents"}}