{"id":"C1928A00020","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1928","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1928","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3479,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1928A00020-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1928","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\n \n\nINVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\n \n\nNo. 20 of 1928.\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 22nd June, 1928.]\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 1928.\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 1901–1926, and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, the sum of Ten million pounds for invalid and old-age pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1867},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Appropriation Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose: providing a specific sum of money (£10,000,000) for pension payments. As an annual supply Act, it performs a single, discrete financial authorization without expanding into policy, eligibility rules, or administrative procedures."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative sections (short title and appropriation)","Single, unconditional monetary appropriation with no formulas or calculations","No defined terms or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only a brief reference to the Audit Act for the Trust Account mechanics)","No conditional language, exceptions, or administrative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides **funding** for disability and aged pensions. It authorises the government to take £10 million from the Commonwealth’s main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and set it aside specifically to pay pensions to:\n\n*   **Elderly people** (old-age pensions)\n*   **People with disabilities** (called “invalid pensions” at the time)\n\nThe money is placed into a special trust account known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, established under the *Audit Act*.\n\n**What this doesn’t do:** This law does not set the rules about who qualifies for a pension or how much money they receive. Those rules are set by separate legislation (the *Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act*). This Act simply provides the cash to pay the bills."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1928/documents"}}