{"id":"C1939A00008","name":"National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1939","slug":"national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1939","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4051,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1939A00008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1939","content":"NATIONAL HEALTH AND PENSIONS INSURANCE.\n\nNo. 8 of 1939.\n\nAn Act to annul certain Proclamations made under the National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1938, and under certain Acts with which that Act is incorporated.\n\n\\[Assented to 20th June, 1939.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1939.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nDefinition.\n\n3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Act” means the National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1938.\n\nAnnulment of certain Proclamations.\n\n4.—(1.) The Proclamation issued prior to the commencement of this Act fixing the date of commencement of the provisions of the Act, other than the provisions of Parts I. and II., Division 1 of Part VII. and section one hundred and ninety-two, is hereby annulled.\n\n(2.) The Proclamations issued prior to the commencement of this Act fixing the date of commencement of the National Health and Pensions Insurance (Employers’ Contributions) Act 1938 and the National Health and Pensions Insurance (Employees’ Contributions) Act 1938 are hereby annulled.\n\n  \n\n(3.) The power conferred by section two of the Act shall, in respect of the provisions of the Act which have not come into operation, and the power conferred by section two of each of the Acts specified in sub-section (2.) of this section shall, be exercisable as fully and effectually as if the powers had not been exercised prior to the commencement of this Act:\n\nProvided that the powers shall not be exercised unless and until a resolution approving the exercise of the powers has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1535},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the technical function described in the title and preamble: annulling specific proclamations and adding a parliamentary approval requirement for future commencement dates. No scope expansion detected."},"complexity_factors":["Very short legislation (only 4 sections)","Single defined term ('the Act')","Straightforward procedural mechanism (annulment plus parliamentary resolution requirement)","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the 1938 Act and two related contribution Acts)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act cancels prior government proclamations that had set commencement dates for the 1938 National Health and Pensions Insurance scheme and related contribution laws, effectively halting its start. \n\nIt also prevents new commencement orders unless both the Senate and House of Representatives pass a resolution approving them, restoring executive power to start the scheme only with explicit parliamentary consent."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939","history":"/api/acts/national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-and-pensions-insurance-act-1939/documents"}}