{"id":"C1931L00093","name":"Financial Emergency (War Pensions Inquiry Committee) Regulations","slug":"financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"93 of 1931","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21685,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1931L00093-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Financial Emergency (War Pensions Inquiry Committee) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1931\\. No. 93.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY ACT 1931.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting, with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Financial Emergency, Act 1931, to come into operation on, and from the, date of the commencement of Part VI. of that Act.\n\nDated this twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.\n\nISAAC A. ISAACS\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. McNEILL\n\nMinister of State for Repatriation.\n\nFinancial Emergency (War Pensions Inquiry Committee) Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Emergency (War Pensions Inquiry Committee) Regulations.\n\nWar Pensions inquiry committee.\n\n2.—(l.) For the purpose of section 41 of the Financial Emergency Act 1931, there shall be a committee to be called the War Pensions Inquiry Committee.\n\n(2.) The Committee shall consist of five members who shall, subject to these Regulations, be appointed by the Minister.\n\n(3.) No person shall be appointed a member of the Committee unless he is a member of an organization of returned soldiers.\n\n(4.) The period of office of each member shall terminate on the fifteenth day of August, 1931.\n\nRecommendations of committee.\n\n3. The Committee shall, on or before the fourteenth day of August, 1931, submit its recommendations to the Minister in pursuance of section forty-one of the Financial Emergency Act 1931.\n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n2131.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1841},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1931 regulation establishing the Committee with the specific, narrow purpose authorized by section 41 of the parent Act. The scope remains strictly limited to the temporary creation and operation of the inquiry committee."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 brief sections with no subsections beyond regulation 2","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single external reference to the Financial Emergency Act 1931","Simple administrative structure with clear, fixed expiration dates"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThese regulations create a temporary committee—the **War Pensions Inquiry Committee**—to investigate war pensions during the Great Depression.\n\n**Key details**\n\n*   **Committee makeup**: Five members appointed by the Minister for Repatriation\n*   **Who can serve**: Only members of returned soldiers' organizations (World War I veterans' groups)\n*   **The job**: Make recommendations about war pensions to the Minister by 14 August 1931\n*   **Short lifespan**: The committee automatically disbands on 15 August 1931—lasting only about three weeks from its creation\n*   **Legal basis**: Made under the *Financial Emergency Act 1931*, reflecting government cost-cutting measures during the economic crisis\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nDuring the 1931 financial crisis, the government needed to reduce spending urgently. Rather than cutting veterans' pensions immediately, they established this brief inquiry to review the issue and recommend adjustments. It ensured veterans had a voice—through their own representatives—in decisions affecting their benefits during desperate economic times."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations","history":"/api/acts/financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/financial-emergency-war-pensions-inquiry-committee-regulations/documents"}}