{"id":"C1908A00018","name":"Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1908","slug":"old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"18 of 1908","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":18508,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1908A00018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1908","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\nOLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 18 of 1908.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 10th June, 1908.]\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 Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1908.\n\nAppropriation of £750,000 for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\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 Audit Acts 1901–1906, and known as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund, the sum of Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1581},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act remains a narrow, single-purpose appropriation exactly as originally intended. It authorised a specific sum for a specific purpose in 1908 and has not expanded beyond that original scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation section","Single straightforward appropriation mechanism with no conditions","Minimal cross-referencing (only mentions Audit Acts 1901-1906 to identify the Trust Account)","No exceptions, exemptions, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the government to withdraw £750,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund into an Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund to pay pensions to eligible elderly people and people with disabilities.  \n\nIt enabled the Commonwealth to actually disburse the new national age and invalid pensions, making parliamentary approval for the first major federal social‑security outlay."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908","history":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908/history","analysis":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1908/documents"}}