{"id":"C1912A00016","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1912","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"16 of 1912","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":12591,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1912A00016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1912","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\n \n\nINVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 16 of 1912.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 6th November, 1912.]\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 purposes of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1912.\n\nAppropriation of £3,000,000 for invalid and old-age pensions.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purposes of the Trust Account established under the Audit Act 1901-1909, and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, the sum of Three million pounds for invalid and old-age pensions.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1539},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This remains a straightforward, single-purpose appropriation Act. It allocates the specified sum for invalid and old-age pensions without expanding into other policy areas or altering the original funding mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","No defined terms section","Single numerical appropriation with no conditions","Only one cross-reference (to the Audit Act)","No exceptions, exemptions, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"**This Act gives the government permission to spend £3 million on pensions.**\n\nIt is a **budgetary (appropriation) Act** — meaning it authorises the Treasury to pay out money, rather than setting rules about who can receive pensions.\n\nThe Act:\n*   Takes **£3,000,000** from the government's main account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund)\n*   Puts it into a dedicated **Trust Account** (the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund) established under the Audit Act 1901-1909\n*   Restricts this money solely to paying **invalid and old-age pensions**\n\nThink of this as the \"ATM top-up\" legislation that ensures there's cash available to pay pensioners, while separate laws determine who actually qualifies and how much they get."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1912/documents"}}