{"id":"C1937A00017","name":"Post Office Works Act 1937","slug":"post-office-works-act-1937","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"17 of 1937","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3869,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1937A00017-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Post Office Works Act 1937","content":"POST OFFICE WORKS.\n\nNo. 17 of 1937.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of One million pounds for the purpose of Post Office Works.\n\n\\[Assented to 11th September, 1937.\\]\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 Post Office Works Act 1937.\n\nPost Office Works Trust Account.\n\n2.—(1.) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be a Trust Account which shall be known as the Post Office Works Trust Account.\n\n(2.) The Account established in pursuance of this section shall be a Trust Account for the purposes of section sixty-two a of the Audit Act 1901–1934.\n\nPayment to Trust Account.\n\n3. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, to the credit of the Post Office Works Trust Account, the sum of One million pounds.\n\nPayments from Trust Account.\n\n4. The moneys standing to the credit of the Post Office Works Trust Account may be applied for—\n\n(a) telephone exchange services;\n\n(b) trunk line services;\n\n(c) telegraph and miscellaneous services;\n\n(d) national broadcasting services; and\n\n(e) buildings and works for the Postmaster-General’s Department and the acquisition of sites therefor.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":898},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: appropriating funds for post office infrastructure. The scope matches exactly what the title and preamble describe."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no nested subsections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single cross-reference to the Audit Act (administrative only)","Linear structure with no conditional logic or exceptions","Clear, specific purpose with enumerated list of 5 expenditure categories"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a straightforward budget measure from 1937. It takes **£1 million from government revenue** (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and puts it into a special savings account called the **Post Office Works Trust Account**.\n\nThe money can only be spent on five specific things:\n- **Telephone exchanges** (switchboards and infrastructure)\n- **Trunk lines** (long-distance phone cables)\n- **Telegraph services** and other communications equipment\n- **National broadcasting** (radio services)\n- **Buildings and land** for the Postmaster-General's Department\n\nIn simple terms: Parliament approved a million-pound infrastructure budget to expand Australia's phone, telegraph, and radio networks during the 1930s."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/post-office-works-act-1937","history":"/api/acts/post-office-works-act-1937/history","analysis":"/api/acts/post-office-works-act-1937/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/post-office-works-act-1937/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/post-office-works-act-1937/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/post-office-works-act-1937/documents"}}