{"id":"C2004A00198","name":"International Development Association (Further Payment) Act 1974","slug":"international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"142 of 1974","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31145,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A00198-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"International Development Association (Further Payment) Act 1974","content":"INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT\n\nASSOCIATION (FURTHER PAYMENT) ACT\n\n1974\n\nNo. 142 of 1974\n\nAn Act to approve the making by Australia of a further Payment to the International Development Association.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the International Development Association (Further Payment) Act 1974.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nInterpretation.\n\n3. In this Act, “Agreement” and “Association” have the same respective meanings as they have in the International Development Association Act 1960.\n\nApproval of making of further payment.\n\n4. The approval of the Parliament is hereby given to the making by Australia to the Association of a further payment of an amount not exceeding $60,810,811 in Australian currency, of which payment an amount not exceeding $399,003 is by way of an additional subscription to the Association under Section 1 of Article III of the Agreement.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n5. A payment under section 4, and any payment necessary to redeem a security issued under sub-section 6(1), shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.\n\nIssue of securities.\n\n6. (1) To the extent to which the Association is prepared to accept from Australia, in place of a payment under this Act, notes or similar obligations issued by Australia, the Treasurer may, on behalf of Australia, execute notes or similar obligations payable to the Association accordingly.\n\n(2) Section 6 of the International Development Association Act 1960 does not apply to a payment under this Act.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1751},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: approving a single, specific financial contribution to the International Development Association. There is no expansion beyond authorising this individual payment and the necessary mechanisms to execute it."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 sections with no subsections beyond (1) and (2)","Minimal definitions (2 terms, both defined by reference to the 1960 Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single, linear purpose: authorising one specific appropriation","Straightforward appropriation mechanism with no regulatory or enforcement provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to pay up to $60,810,811 to the International Development Association (the World Bank’s concessional lending arm), funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Treasurer may pay in cash or, with IDA agreement, by issuing government securities, and the Act temporarily overrides one procedural requirement in the International Development Association Act 1960."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974","history":"/api/acts/international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974/history","analysis":"/api/acts/international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/international-development-association-further-payment-act-1974/documents"}}