{"id":"C1909A00002","name":"Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1909","slug":"old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1909","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":18520,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1909A00002-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1909","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. 2 of 1909.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of One million pounds for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 4th August, 1909.]\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 he cited as the Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1909.\n\nAppropriation of £1,000,000 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 One million pounds for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1002},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its narrow, original purpose as a simple appropriation (spending authorization) for pension payments. As a financial supply act, it was deliberately limited in scope to funding the newly established pension system and has not expanded beyond this fiscal mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (Short title and Appropriation)","No definitions section or technical legal terms requiring interpretation","Single unconditional appropriation with no provisos or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only mentions Audit Acts 1901-1906 to identify the Trust Account)"],"plain_english_summary":"This short 1909 Act authorises a £1 million transfer from the Commonwealth’s Consolidated Revenue Fund into the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund (established under earlier Audit Acts) to finance payments to elderly and disabled Australians. It doesn’t set eligibility or rates—it’s purely the legal funding vehicle for one of the first national social‑security measures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909","history":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909/history","analysis":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1909/documents"}}