{"id":"C1934A00039","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1934","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"39 of 1934","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3685,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1934A00039-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1934","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. 39 of 1934.\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 4th August, 1934.]\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 1934.\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":2312},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1934 appropriation Act. It performs exactly the function described in its title—allocating a specific sum for invalid and old-age pensions—without expansion into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections total","Zero defined terms or interpretation clauses","Single, unconditional appropriation with no exceptions","Only one external reference (to the Audit Act regarding the trust account)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act allocates **£10 million** from the government's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to pay for disability and aged pensions.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Appropriates funds:** Authorises the removal of £10 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the Commonwealth's central tax revenue pool)\n*   **Deposits into trust:** Places this money into the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund (a special trust account established under the *Audit Act*)\n*   **Pays beneficiaries:** Uses these funds to provide two types of social security payments:\n    *   **Invalid pensions** – for people unable to work due to disability or illness\n    *   **Old-age pensions** – for elderly Australians\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis law authorises the specific spending of taxpayer money on early Australian welfare payments. Before modern continuous funding systems, Parliament had to pass individual Acts like this to approve each year's pension budget, ensuring the government could legally pay benefits to vulnerable citizens."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/documents"}}