{"id":"C1963A00015","name":"Public Works Committee Act 1963","slug":"public-works-committee-act-1963","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"15 of 1963","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5110,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1963A00015-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public Works Committee Act 1963","content":"PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.\n\nNo. 15 of 1963.\n\nAn Act relating to the Expenditure in respect of the Allowances of the members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.\n\n\\[Assented to 24th May, 1963.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’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 Public Works Committee Act 1963.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nModification of s. 37 of Public Works Committee Act.\n\n3. In the application of section thirty-seven of the Public Works Committee Act 1913-1960 in respect of the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three, that section has effect as if each reference in the section to Five thousand pounds were a reference to Six thousand five hundred pounds.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1467},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains exactly as intended—a targeted, single-year appropriation increase for Committee members' allowances from £5,000 to £6,500, with no expansion beyond this specific financial adjustment for the 1962–63 year."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision modifying only one monetary value in existing legislation","Extremely limited temporal scope (one financial year only)","No defined terms, interpretation clauses, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\nThis Act increases the amount of money available to pay allowances to members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for a single financial year (1962–63).\n\n**Key change**\nIt temporarily modifies the *Public Works Committee Act 1913–1960* to raise the spending limit from £5,000 to £6,500—but **only** for the financial year ending 30 June 1963.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (who received higher expense allowances that year)\n- The Commonwealth Treasury (which administered the increased appropriation)\n\n**Why it matters**\nIt ensured the Committee had adequate funding to cover members' costs while inspecting and reporting on Commonwealth public works projects during that specific 12‑month period, without permanently altering the long‑term funding framework."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-act-1963","history":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-act-1963/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-act-1963/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-act-1963/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-act-1963/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-works-committee-act-1963/documents"}}