{"id":"C1971A00002","name":"Defence Pay Act 1971","slug":"defence-pay-act-1971","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1971","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5620,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1971A00002-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Pay Act 1971","content":"Defence Pay\n\nNo. 2 of 1971\n\nAn Act to validate certain Payments made to or in respect of Members of the Defence Force and to Persons employed in a Civil Capacity under the Naval Defence Act 1910–1952 or under that Act as amended.\n\n\\[Assented to 12 March 1971\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Defence Pay Act 1971.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nValidation of certain payments.\n\n3.—(1.) All payments made during the period commencing on the first day of April, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, and ending on the eighteenth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, in accordance with a financial instruction, shall be deemed to have been lawfully made.\n\n  \n\n(2.) In this section, “financial instruction” means an instrument in writing issued, given or made by or with the authority of the Naval Board, the Military Board or the Air Board, or by or with the authority of the Secretary to the Department of the Navy, the Secretary to the Department of the Army or the Secretary to the Department of Air, and specifying rates of pay and allowances or other conditions of service of any members of the Naval Forces, the Military Forces or the Air Force or of any persons employed in a civil capacity under the Naval Defence Act 1910–1952 or under that Act as amended.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1853},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1971 enactment. The legislation performs exactly as described in the title and preamble — validating specific Defence Force payments for the period 1961-1969 without expanding beyond this remedial purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single defined term ('financial instruction' in subsection (2))","Fixed date range (1 April 1961 to 18 June 1969) with no discretionary elements","Simple deeming provision with no exceptions or conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only mentions Naval Defence Act 1910-1952)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act removes legal doubt over wages and allowances paid to Navy, Army, Air Force members and Defence civilian staff between 1 April 1961 and 18 June 1969, validating payments made under written “financial instructions” issued by the service boards or department heads. It preserves the payments’ legality and protects both the government and recipients from related legal challenges."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-pay-act-1971","history":"/api/acts/defence-pay-act-1971/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-pay-act-1971/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-pay-act-1971/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-pay-act-1971/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-pay-act-1971/documents"}}