{"id":"C1933A00064","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1933","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"64 of 1933","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":13659,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1933A00064-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1933","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. 64 of 1933.\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 15th December, 1933.]\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 1933.\n\n\n\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":2420},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains a narrow, time-specific spending authorisation exactly as originally intended. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of appropriating £10 million for invalid and old-age pensions."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (Short title and Appropriation)","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","Single, unconditional appropriation of a fixed monetary sum (£10,000,000)","Minimal cross-referencing (only passing mention of Audit Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a straightforward budget measure that **authorises the government to withdraw £10 million from the national treasury** (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to pay for disability and retirement pensions.\n\n**What it does:**\n* **The money**: £10 million is legally appropriated (set aside) specifically for invalid (disability) and old-age (retirement) pension payments\n* **The account**: The cash goes into a special trust account called the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, established under the Audit Act\n* **The effect**: It gives the government legal permission to use public money for these social security payments\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this legislation, the Commonwealth couldn't legally pay pensions to eligible Australians. This is a **supply act** — the legal machinery that transforms parliamentary approval into actual welfare payments for vulnerable people. It represents how the early Australian welfare state funded its pension system through specific annual appropriations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1933/documents"}}