{"id":"C1940A00002","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1940","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4158,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940A00002-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1940","content":"INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\nNo. 2 of 1940.\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 17th May, 1940.\\]\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 1940.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £17,000,000 for invalid and old-age pensions.\n\n3. 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 1901–1934 and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, the sum of Seventeen million pounds for invalid and old-age pensions.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1802},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly the appropriation function described in its title and preamble, with no expansion beyond allocating £17 million for invalid and old-age pensions."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections long with a single substantive provision","No defined terms or interpretation section","Appropriates a single fixed sum (£17 million) without conditions or formulae","Only one cross-reference (to the Audit Act establishing the Trust Account)","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the withdrawal of £17 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund into the Invalid and Old‑age Pensions Fund so the government can continue paying age and invalid (disability) pensions. It affects pensioners relying on those payments and Treasury officials administering them, and matters because Parliament’s authorisation is required under the Constitution for public spending."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1940/documents"}}