{"id":"C1925A00024","name":"Naval Construction Act 1925","slug":"naval-construction-act-1925","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"24 of 1925","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3128,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1925A00024-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Naval Construction Act 1925","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\nNAVAL CONSTRUCTION.\n\n \n\nNo. 24 of 1925.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for Naval Construction.\n\n[Assented to 26th September, 1925.]\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 Naval Construction Act 1925.\n\nAppropriation of £1,500,000 for Naval Construction.\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 Defence Equipment Act 1924 and known as the Naval Construction Trust Account, the sum of One million five hundred thousand pounds.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1855},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1925 enactment; the scope remains strictly limited to the one-off appropriation of £1,500,000 for naval construction as originally intended."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and appropriation clause)","No definitions section or technical terminology requiring interpretation","Single, unconditional appropriation of a fixed sum","No exceptions, provisos, or conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only one mention of the Defence Equipment Act 1924)"],"plain_english_summary":"This short appropriation authorises £1.5 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be placed in the Naval Construction Trust Account to fund the construction, purchase and fitting out of ships and related naval infrastructure for the Royal Australian Navy. It chiefly affects government finance officers and the Defence Department and matters because Parliament’s explicit authorisation is required for public spending."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/naval-construction-act-1925","history":"/api/acts/naval-construction-act-1925/history","analysis":"/api/acts/naval-construction-act-1925/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/naval-construction-act-1925/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/naval-construction-act-1925/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/naval-construction-act-1925/documents"}}