{"id":"C1916A00011","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1916","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"11 of 1916","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":19009,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1916A00011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1916","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\nINVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 11 of 1916.\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 30th May, 1916.]\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 Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1916.\n\nAppropriation of £3,500,000 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 1901-1912, and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, the sum of Three million five hundred thousand pounds for invalid and old-age pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1973},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains a straightforward appropriation of funds for invalid and old-age pensions, exactly as described in the title and preamble. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections total (Short title and Appropriation)","No definitions or interpretation section","Single, unconditional monetary appropriation without exceptions, conditions, or sub-delegation","Only incidental reference to another Act (Audit Act 1901-1912) merely to identify the destination Trust Account by name"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is about as straightforward as it gets: it authorises the Commonwealth to pull **£3,500,000** (three and a half million pounds) out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund—basically the government's main bank account—to pay for invalid and old-age pensions in 1916.\n\nThe money goes into a special government savings account called the *Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund* (set up under the Audit Act). Think of it as the annual budget line that ensures pensioners actually get their cheques.\n\n**Who it affects:** Pensioners receiving disability or retirement payments, and the administrators of the pension system.\n\n**Why it matters:** Without this legislation, the government couldn't legally spend the money to pay the pensions. It's the legal rubber stamp that keeps the social security system funded for the year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1916/documents"}}