{"id":"C1928A00027","name":"Science and Industry Appropriation Act 1928","slug":"science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"27 of 1928","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3491,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1928A00027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Science and Industry Appropriation Act 1928","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\nSCIENCE AND INDUSTRY APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\n \n\nNo. 27 of 1928.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for Scientific and Industrial Investigation.\n\n[Assented to 22nd June, 1928.]\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 Science and Industry Appropriation Act 1928.\n\nAppropriation of £250,000 for scientific and industrial research.\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 Science and Industry Research Act 1920–1926, and known as the Science and Industry Investigation Trust Account, the sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1888},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original single purpose: appropriating £250,000 for the Science and Industry Investigation Trust Account. There is no expansion beyond the funding mechanism described in the long title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 sections total (Short title and Appropriation)","Zero defined terms or interpretive provisions","Single unconditional appropriation with no exceptions, conditions, or triggers","Only one cross-reference (to the establishing Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act takes **£250,000** from the government's main bank account (the **Consolidated Revenue Fund**) and puts it toward **scientific and industrial research**.\n\n**Key details:**\n* **The money:** £250,000 (roughly $25 million in today's value)\n* **Where it goes:** Into a special trust account called the *Science and Industry Investigation Trust Account*\n* **Why:** To fund research activities established under the *Science and Industry Research Act 1920–1926* (which set up Australia's federal scientific research body, now known as CSIRO)\n\n**In simple terms:** This is a budget approval law. Parliament is authorising a specific cash payment for science. Appropriation Acts like this are typically passed annually to release funds for government programs, and they do nothing else—no new rules, no new offences, just the money."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928","history":"/api/acts/science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928/history","analysis":"/api/acts/science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/science-and-industry-appropriation-act-1928/documents"}}