{"id":"C1910A00004","name":"Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1910","slug":"old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"4 of 1910","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":18546,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1910A00004-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Old-age Pensions Appropriation Act 1910","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\nOLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 4 of 1910.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for Invalid and Old-age Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 9th August, 1910.]\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 1910.\n\n\n\n\nAppropriation of £3,500,000 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 Three million five hundred 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":1827},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward appropriation measure limited strictly to funding the pension system. It does not expand beyond its original fiscal purpose into policy, eligibility, or administrative rules."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and appropriation clause)","Single fixed-sum appropriation with no conditions or formulas","No definitions section or interpretation rules","Minimal cross-referencing (only mentions Audit Acts once to identify the trust account)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act is a \"money bill\" that puts cash into Australia’s early pension system. It authorises the government to spend **£3.5 million** (in 1910 currency) on disability and age pensions.\n\n**How the money moves**\n- **Source**: The Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government’s main bank account, filled by taxes and duties)\n- **Destination**: A special trust account called the *Invalid and Old-age Pensions Fund*\n- **Purpose**: Paying pensions to eligible elderly people and those with disabilities\n\n**Who it affects**\n- **Pensioners**: People receiving the Commonwealth invalid (disability) or old-age pension\n- **The Treasury**: This creates the legal authority to move public money into the dedicated pension account\n\n**Context**\nThis Act works together with the *Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908* (which set the rules about who could claim) by providing the actual funds to pay the pensions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910","history":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910/history","analysis":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/old-age-pensions-appropriation-act-1910/documents"}}