{"id":"C1922A00030","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1922","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"30 of 1922","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3007,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1922A00030-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1922","content":"INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\nNo. 30 of 1922.\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 18th October, 1922.\\]\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 1922.\n\nAppropriation of £10,000,000 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 1901–1920, and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund the sum of Ten million pounds for invalid and old-age pensions.\n\nDate of commencement.\n\n3. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1901},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"As the original 1922 enactment, the scope remains tightly focused on its original purpose: a one-year appropriation for invalid and old-age pensions. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond this specific fiscal function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation clauses","Single, unconditional appropriation with no exceptions","Only one external cross-reference (to the Audit Act)","No delegated legislation, regulations, or administrative conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act authorises a £10 million withdrawal from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be held in the Invalid and Old‑age Pensions Fund and used to pay invalid and old‑age pensions, with the appropriation backdated to 1 July 1922. It’s a routine but constitutionally necessary appropriation that legally enables pension payments for the 1922–23 financial year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/documents"}}