{"id":"C1943A00017","name":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1943","slug":"invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"17 of 1943","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4267,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1943A00017-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Invalid and Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1943","content":"INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\nNo. 17 of 1943.\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 29th March, 1943.\\]\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 1943.\n\n  \n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £23,000,000 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 Ac. 1901–1934 and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, the sum of Twenty-three million pounds for invalid and old-age pensions.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1357},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original narrow purpose of appropriating a specific sum for pension payments. No expansion of scope beyond the initial budgetary function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single straightforward appropriation with no conditions, exceptions, or triggers","No defined terms or interpretation section","Only one external reference (to the Audit Act establishing the trust account)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a simple **money bill** from 1943 that puts cash in the bank to pay pensioners. It authorises the government to withdraw **£23 million** from Australia's general government account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and deposit it into a special trust account called the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund.\n\n**What it pays for:**\n* **Invalid pensions** — financial support for people unable to work due to disability or illness (similar to today's Disability Support Pension)\n* **Old-age pensions** — income support for elderly Australians (the precursor to today's Age Pension)\n\n**Important note:** This law doesn't change who qualifies for pensions or how much they receive. It simply provides the money to pay existing pension obligations. Think of it as Parliament approving the cheque to fund the pension budget for that year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943","history":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943/history","analysis":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/invalid-and-old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1943/documents"}}