{"id":"C1915A00049","name":"Officer's Compensation Act 1915","slug":"officer-s-compensation-act-1915","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"49 of 1915","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":18999,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1915A00049-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Officer's Compensation Act 1915","content":"OFFICER’S COMPENSATION.\n\nNo. 49 of 1915.\n\nAn Act to provide for compensation to be paid to the Widow of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, K.C.B., C.M.G.\n\n\\[Assented to 15th November, 1915.\\]\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 Officer’s Compensation Act 1915.\n\nPayment to be made.\n\n2.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the War Pensions Act 1914–1915, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the sum of Four thousand five hundred pounds to the widow of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, K.C.B., C.M.G.\n\n(2.) Upon the payment of the sum authorized by sub-section (1.) of this section any liability of the Commonwealth under the War Pensions Act 1914–1915 to the widow and dependants of the said Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges shall be determined.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1438},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: providing specific compensation to the widow of Major-General Bridges. There is no expansion beyond this singular, personal objective."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","No definitions or interpretation provisions","Single, named beneficiary (one specific person)","Only one external statutory reference (War Pensions Act 1914-1915)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises a **one-off payment of £4,500** (roughly equivalent to several years' wages at the time) to the widow of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, a senior Australian Army officer who died during the First World War.\n\n**Key points:**\n- The money is paid from the Commonwealth's Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account), which this Act specifically unlocks for this purpose\n- The payment **replaces any ongoing pension** the widow would normally be entitled to under the War Pensions Act 1914-1915\n- Once this lump sum is paid, the Commonwealth's financial obligations to the widow are finished (the Act says the liability is \"determined\", meaning ended)\n\nThis is an example of a 'private Act' — legislation that benefits a specific individual rather than making general rules for the whole community."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/officer-s-compensation-act-1915","history":"/api/acts/officer-s-compensation-act-1915/history","analysis":"/api/acts/officer-s-compensation-act-1915/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/officer-s-compensation-act-1915/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/officer-s-compensation-act-1915/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/officer-s-compensation-act-1915/documents"}}